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Overview
Natural History
- Most patients with hairy cell leukemia are asymptomatic at time of diagnosis. If left untreated, most of the patients with hairy cell leukemia will gradually develop anemia, recurrent infections, and recurrent bleeds.[1][2]
Complications
- Anemia
- Recurrent infections
- Major recurrent bleeding
- Splenic rupture
Prognosis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hairy cell leukemia. Wikipedia (2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_cell_leukemia#Signs_and_symptoms Accessed on October, 28 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hairy cell leukemia. National Cancer Institute (2015) http://www.cancer.gov/types/leukemia/hp/hairy-cell-treatment-pdq Accessed on October, 28 2015