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Define acute undifferentiated leukemia and explain why it is difficult to identify.
 
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A technologist is reviewing a blood smear and notices 35 lymphocytes with azurophilic granules and nuclei with mature clumped chromatin. These cells are typical of those found in:
 
  a. Hairy cell leukemia
  b. Szary syndrome
  c. Large granular lymphocyte leukemia
  d. Chronic prolymphocytic leukemia



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Acute undifferentiated leukemias is an acute leukemia in which the morphology, cytochemistry, and immunophenotype of the proliferating blasts lack sufficient information to classify them as myeloid or lymphoid origin. They are difficult to identify by conventional methods because they share common detectable markers of multiple lineages.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: C



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