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. 2017 Dec;33(4):614-616.
doi: 10.1007/s12288-017-0782-3. Epub 2017 Jan 27.

Diagnostic Dilemma in the Morphological Detection of Flower Cells in Lymphomas

Neha Singh  1 , Jatin Gandhi  1 , Narendra Agrawal  2 , Ajit Panaych  1 , Narender Tejwani  1 , Anurag Mehta  1
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Diagnostic Dilemma in the Morphological Detection of Flower Cells in Lymphomas

Neha Singh et al. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

"Flower cells" are described typically in HTLV-1 induced adult T cell leukemia. Very few case reports have been published documenting flower cells in B cell lymphomas. We herein present a case of Burkitt lymphoma proven on the basis of immunophenotyping and FISH studies, with "flower cells" morphology.

Keywords: Burkitt lymphoma; Flower cells; Immunophenotyping.

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Conflict of interest

The authors state that there is no conflict of interest.

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This case report does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

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Flower cells in peripheral blood
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Flowcytometry of peripheral blood “flower cells” shows CD19+/CD20+/CD10+/IgM+ immunophenotype
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Classical Burkitt morphology in bone marrow aspirate smears
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