See Also: hairy cell leukaemia(medicine)
leukaemia, hairy cell(medicine)
B-cell leukaemia(medicine)
Rieder cell leukaemia(medicine)
plasma cell leukaemia(medicine)
T-cell leukaemia virus(medicine)
mast cell leukaemia(medicine)
Adult T-cell leukaemia(medicine)
mature cell leukaemia(medicine)
mixed cell leukaemia(medicine)

leukaemia, hairy cell (medicine)


leukaemia, hairy cell


A neoplastic disease of the lymphoreticular cells which is considered to be a rare type of chronic leukaemia; it is characterised by an insidious onset, splenomegaly, anaemia, granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, little or no lymphadenopathy, and the presence of "hairy" or "flagellated" cells in the blood and bone marrow.