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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: Leuk Res. 2013 Jan 22;37(4):401–409. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2012.11.021

Table 1.

Summary of morphologic findings

HCL HCL-v SMZL
BONE MARROW
    Cellularity
      Hypercellular 54% (44/82) 43% (6/14) N/A
      Normocellular 18% (15/82) 28.5% (4/14) N/A
      Hypocellular 28% (23/82) 28.5% (4/14) N/A
    Infiltration pattern
      Interstitial 24% (20/82) 50% (7/14) N/A
      Interstitial with aggregates 21% (17/82) 36% (5/14) N/A
      Sheets 55% (45/82) 14% (2/14) N/A
    Level of marrow infiltrate
      75–100% 73% (60/82) 21% (3/14) N/A
      25–75% 22% (18/82) 50% (7/14) N/A
      Less than 25% 5% (4/82) 29% (4/14) N/A
    Immunostaining for TRAP
      Positive for TRAP 95% (73/77) 38% (5/13) N/A
      Negative for TRAP 5% (4/77) 62% (8/13) N/A
    Residual hematopoiesis
      Markedly suppressed 63% (52/82) 21% (3/14) N/A
      Present 37% (30/82) 79% (11/14) N/A
CYTOMORPHOLOGY
    Cytoplasmic projections
      Present 94% (67/71) 96% (25/26) 33% (2/6)
      Absent 6% (4/71) 4% (1/26) 67% (4/6)
    Nuclear Shape
      Round 77% (55/71) 92% (24/26) 33% (2/6)
      Atypical (dumbbell-shape, irregular, grooves) 23% (16/71) 8% (2/26) 67% (4/6)
    Nucleoli
      Absent 79% (56/71) 0% (0/26) 17% (1/6)
      Small and inconspicuous 20% (14/71) 38% (10/26) 83% (5/6)
      Prominent 1% (1/71) 62% (16/26) 0% (0/6)

HCL: Hairy cell leukemia, HCL-v: Hairy cell leukemia-variant, SMZL: Splenic marginal zone lymphoma, N/A: not available.