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HEMOPHAGOCYTOSIS BY BLASTS IN A CHILD WITH ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AFTER CHEMO...

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the case of a child who presented hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) associated with acute monocytic leukemia after chemotherapy, with hemophagocytosis caused by leukemic cells. Case description: In a university hospital in Southern Brazil, a 3-year-old female was diagnosed with acute monocytic leukemia with normal karyotype. The chemotherapy regimen was initiated, and she ...

Flow cytometry to identify bone-marrow relapse in blastic plasmacytoid dendriti...

Cut-off value for absolute lymphocytes as an alternative for the immunophenotyp...

Abstract Introduction: Immunosuppression of T lymphocytes is required for preventing acute rejection after transplantation and for the treatment of chronic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The laboratory monitoring for this therapy is the measurement of T cells by immunophenotyping, aiming the target value of less than 20 cells per µL. Objective: To establish a cut-off point for the total number of lymphoc...

Determination of reference ranges for immature platelet and reticulocyte fracti...

ABSTRACT Introduction: The immature platelet and immature reticulocyte fractions represent the ratios of platelets and reticulocytes recently released into the circulation and thus with higher RNA content. They are considered early indicators of bone marrow recovery. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the reference ranges for the immature platelet and reticulocyte fractions of hematologically nor...

Could CD64 expression be used as a predictor of positive culture results in chi...

ABSTRACT Background: Early recognition of infectious processes in neutropenic patients is hampered by the fact that these processes may have dissimilar and non-specific clinical presentations. CD64 is a neutrophil surface marker that is not expressed in non-sensitized neutrophils. When the neutrophil is exposed to tumor necrosis factor-alpha it is activated and is measured via the CD64 index. Methods: This paper...

Importância clínica e laboratorial do volume plaquetário médio

Os índices plaquetários fornecidos pelos analisadores hematológicos são provavelmente os parâmetros mais ignorados pela maioria dos laboratórios clínicos, em virtude da dificuldade de sua padronização. Desses índices, o volume plaquetário médio (VPM) vem merecendo destaque por sua grande utilidade, não só em casos de trombose e hemostasia, mas também em uma série de patologias, como diabetes, doenças da tireoid...

Volume plaquetário médio e doença cardiovascular

As plaquetas têm importante papel no desenvolvimento do trombo intravascular, a maior causa de síndrome coronariana aguda (SCA). Após a erosão ou ruptura da placa aterosclerótica, a ativação das plaquetas é crucial nos eventos pró-trombóticos que levam ao infarto do miocárdio (IM). O aumento da reatividade plaquetária está associado à evolução do volume plaquetário. Plaquetas grandes são enzimática e metabolica...

Diagnóstico laboratorial das leucemias linfóides agudas

A leucemia linfóide aguda (LLA) é a forma mais comum de câncer na infância, compreendendo 70% dos casos; em adultos a incidência é de apenas 20%. A abordagem inicial do diagnóstico consiste no exame citomorfológico do sangue periférico e da medula óssea. O estudo imunofenotípico eleva para 99% o percentual de casos corretamente classificados, permitindo identificar a linhagem celular (T ou B) e os diferentes es...