lymphoblastic leukemia
Noun: A type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow characterized by the rapid production and accumulation of abnormal, immature white blood cells known as lymphoblasts. It is a form of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).
This term is used specifically in medical contexts to diagnose and classify a subtype of leukemia. * The patient was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia after a bone marrow biopsy. * Treatment for lymphoblastic leukemia often involves intensive chemotherapy.
- The term is often modified to specify the cell lineage, such as B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia or T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.
- In clinical discussion, it may be abbreviated as LBL when the context is clear, though ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) is the more common encompassing term.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): The full and most common clinical name for this disease.
- Lymphoblast: The immature cell that proliferates abnormally in this condition.
- Leukemia: The broader category of blood cancers.
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (Alternative British English spelling)
This term refers specifically to an acute (rapidly progressing) form of leukemia involving lymphoblasts. It is distinct from chronic forms of leukemia or other types like myeloid leukemia. The defining feature is the predominance of lymphoblasts in the blood and bone marrow.
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a form of lymphocytic leukemia in which the abnormal cells in the circulating blood are almost totally lymphoblasts
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