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CASE STUDY A cute Lymphocytic Leukemia P.M., aged 4 years, has returned to the family physician because of a recurrent sore throat and cough. Her mother menti ons ual listlessness and anorexia. The physician notices several bruises on her legs and arms and one on her back. The physician orders blood tests and a course of antibacterial drugs. Test results indicate a low hemoglobin level, thrombocytopenia, and a high lymphocyte count, with abnormally high numbers

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3) the immature white blood cells like blasts cells are seen on the bloodsmear; blasts cells are normally found in the bone marrow region where WBCs gets produced and gets mature before being released into the blood..!!

6) leukemia cells are those cancer causing cells or tissue which can cause cancer.. So if they gets infiltrate to brain area it will lead to spreading of cancer in the brain tissue too leading to more serious condition.!!

5) chemotherapy can be used to given to the body too kill the leukemia cells or tissue but in cancer condition it is observed that the cells become resistance to the drugs very fast and this can lead to the no effect of the drug on the cells making the condition more worse as no medicine can make them stop or kill them as they are resistant to them..!!

4) hypermetabolism is a condition where there is an increased rate in the metabolic activities in the body. During leukemia formation the cells are in rapid division stage where they need much high nutrition, energy factors Hence they can undergo hypermetabolism to fulfill this condition.!!