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* [[Hairy cell leukemia]] | * [[Hairy cell leukemia]] | ||
Includes: {{discussAllan | could you make sure that none of the leukemias linked below are a synonym for one of the following? If they are not, please take out the discussion, if they are, please move the page as a link to the "excludes" above. }} | Includes: {{discussAllan | could you make sure that none of the leukemias linked below are a synonym for one of the following? If they are not, please take out the discussion, if they are, please move the page as a link to the "excludes" above. | ||
*AG REPLY --- all of the B cell "leukemias" as well as NK-cell "leukemia" aren't leukemias. They're lymphomas which may [like any lymphoma] have a leukemic phase where the tumor cells appear in the circulation. But it's technically incorrect to call them leukemias. ) | |||
**To Tina --- here is a template that should be included with ALL the leukemia and ALL the lymphoma wiki pages for ICD10: | |||
**IMPORTANT NOTE: Any lymphoma may have a leukemic phase where the abnormal clonal cells appear in the circulation. Though this is sometimes referred to as a "leukemia", even by some oncologists, that is technically incorrect and ICD10 considers them to be lymphomas. This applies to essentially ALL so-called B-cell leukemias, which are actually lymphomas. It also applies to "NK-cell leukemia" which is also a lymphoma}} | |||
*B-cell leukemia-B-cell leukemia describes several different types of lymphoid leukemia which affect B cells. | *B-cell leukemia-B-cell leukemia describes several different types of lymphoid leukemia which affect B cells. | ||
**Types of B cell leukemia include: | **Types of B cell leukemia include: | ||