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Peripheral blood smear showing medium sized lymphoid cells, with oval nucleus, a visible nucleolus and moderate amount of basophilic agranular cytoplasm (Jenner-Giemsa, 1000x). Inset Lymphoid cells showing, dot-like staining with acid phosphatase, 1000x).
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Peripheral blood examination revealed medium sized lymphoid cells (Figure 2), constituting almost 75% of total nucleated cell population, suggestive of a chronic lymphoproliferative disorder. The lymphoid cells showed, dot-like staining with acid phosphatase (Figure 2. inset) and immunophenotying, depicted positivity for CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5, CD7, CD45, CD38 and ZAP70 and negative for CD8, CD10, CD19, CD20, CD103, CD11c, CD23, surface immunoglobulin and TdT.