A 54-year-old man presents with a 12-hour history of headache, confusion and declining consciousness. His wife says that he has recently completed oral chemotherapy for an ‘indolent form of leukemia’. Examination reveals him to be responding to painful stimuli but not to verbal commands. He has bilateral axillary and inguinal lymphadenopathy. He is clinically jaundiced and anemic. His spleen is palpably enlarged. He has neck stiffness, generalized hyper-reflexia and bilateral up going plantar reflexes. Fundal examination is normal, and there are no focal neurological signs. Full blood count shows: Hemoglobin (Hb) 7.5 g/dL White blood cells (WBC) 37 × 109/L (lymphocytes 86%) Platelets 26 × 109/L What blood component is best to harvest to find out the patient’s disease? Why lymphocytes are prevalently seen in the peripheral blood film?

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A 54-year-old man presents with a 12-hour history of headache, confusion and declining consciousness. His wife says that he has recently completed oral chemotherapy for an ‘indolent form of leukemia’. Examination reveals him to be responding to painful stimuli but not to verbal commands. He has bilateral axillary and inguinal lymphadenopathy. He is clinically jaundiced and anemic. His spleen is palpably enlarged. He has neck stiffness, generalized hyper-reflexia and bilateral up going plantar reflexes. Fundal examination is normal, and there are no focal neurological signs. Full blood count shows:

Hemoglobin (Hb) 7.5 g/dL

White blood cells (WBC) 37 × 109/L (lymphocytes 86%)

Platelets 26 × 109/L

  1. What blood component is best to harvest to find out the patient’s disease?
  2. Why lymphocytes are prevalently seen in the peripheral blood film?
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