Examination of a peripheral blood smear demonstrates leukemia composed of small mature lymphocytes without blast forms. Which of the following is the most likely age of this patient?
The disease described is chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), which is a disease of older adults. The 1 year-old (choice A) would be most likely to have acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). The 45 year-old (choice C) would be likely to have either AML or chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
1 year
20 years
45 years
65 years
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia