DENIZ PEKER, MD
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
EMORY UNIVERSITY
Atlanta, Georgia
Primary Audience: Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Directors
Secondary Audience: Pathologists, Clinical Scientists (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Residents, and Students
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
· discuss the common clinical symptoms and presentation of T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL);
· describe the expected laboratory findings in T-PLL;
· describe the morphologic, immunophenotypic, cytogenetic, and molecular characteristics of leukemia cells;
· discuss treatment options and targeted treatment modalities for T-PLL; and
· discuss the differential diagnosis and prognosis of T-PLL.