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Bone Marrow Biopsy in Hairy Cell Leukemia : The fried egg appearance

Bone Marrow Biopsy in Hairy Cell Leukemia : The fried egg appearance
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Author: Aditi Shastri
Category: Lymphoma: Mature B-cell and Plasma cell Neoplasms > Splenic lymphomas > Hairy Cell Leukemia
Published Date: 10/18/2012

An image of the bone marrow biopsy in Hairy Cell Leukemia : the marrow appears to have a diffuse infiltrate of small lymphoid cells with abundant cytoplasm and ovoid/indented nuclei. The cells have spaces among them, giving them the classic “fried egg appearance”.