Acute monocytic leukemia diagnosed by flow cytometry includes acute myeloid leukemias with weakly or faintly positive non-specific esterase staining

Acute monocytic leukemia diagnosed by flow cytometry includes acute myeloid leukemias with weakly or faintly positive non-specific esterase staining

A diagnosis of acute monocytic leukemia(AML-M5) based on α-naphthyl butyrateesterase (α-NB) staining has some problems,because AML-M5 leukemic cells often showweak or faint positivity on α-NB staining. Inthese situations, some cases of AML-M5tend to be misdiagnosed as AML-M0. Therefore, we evaluated...

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Main Authors: Yuriko Zushi, Miho Sasaki, Ayano Mori, Toshiharu Saitoh, Takae Goka, Yumi Aoyama, Yuta Goto, Hiroko Tsunemine, Taiichi Kodaka, Takayuki Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2018-03-01
Series:Hematology Reports
Subjects:
AML-M5, AML-M0, flow cytom-etry, α-naphthyl butyrate esterase staining, surface monocytic antigen
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/7435

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