Table 4.
Comparison between present study and other case series from India
Clinical and laboratory features | Medhi et al. [3] (n = 23) |
Chatterjee et al. [2] (n = 15) |
Galani et al. [1] (n = 28) |
Present study (n = 12) |
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Median age (years) | 48.5 | 47 | 47 | 50 |
M:F | 3.6:1 | 2:1 | 6:1 | 11:1 |
Weakness and fatigue (%) | 82.6 | 60 | 80 | 58.3 |
Pancytopenia, bicytopenia (%) | 87 | 60 | 54 | 83.3 |
Thrombocytopenia (<1 lakh/cmm) (%) | NA | 60 | 77 | 33.3 |
Leucocytosis (%) | NA | 1 | 8 (HCL-v not included) | 25 |
Splenomegaly (%) | 95.6 | 100 | 96 | 81.8, 1 prior splenectomy |
Hepatomegaly (%) | 65.2 | 53 | 28 | 50 |
Lymphadenopathy (%) | 17.3 | 13 | 24 | 16.6 |
TRAP positivity (%) | NA | 93 | 100 (n = 8) | 81.8 (n = 11) |