Hairy cell leukemia: a case report

We report a case of a middle aged male diagnosed as Hairy cell leukemia. Clinicohematologic features were fever, weight loss, splenomegaly, anemia and thrombocytopenia. Bone marrow and spleen were infilterated by Hairy cells. An unusual feature was high TLC with large number of Hairy cells resembling superficially Hairy cell Variant. But the Flow cytometric analysis confirmed that immunophenotype was that of classic Hairy cell leukemia. Patient responded to Cladarabine therapy and had an uneventful recovery