Table 3.

Characteristics of 31 patients with leukemic follicular lymphoma from the literature

Characteristic	Number	Percentage
Age >60 years	15/31	48.4%
Male sex	22/31	71.0%
Region
Europe	15/31	48.4%
America	8/31	25.8%
Asia	8/31	25.8%
Concurrent tumors	21/26	80.8%
Blood only	5/26	19.2%
B symptoms	6/15	40.0%
FLIPI
Low (0–2 points)	8/17	47.1%
High (3–5 points)	9/17	52.9%
WBC count >100/uL	8/27	29.6%
CD10 expression	27/29	93.1%
CD20 expression	31/31	100%
BCL2/IgH gene rearrangement*	19/22	86.4%
Therapy
R-chemotherapy	17/24	70.8%
Chemotherapy	6/24	25.0%
None	1/24	4.2
Outcome
Alive	22/26	84.6%
Dead	4/26	15.4%

FLIPI: follicular lymphoma international prognostic index; WBC: white blood cell; IgH: immuhoglobulin heavy chain

^*By FISH or PCR