Cell Leukemia Types

Leukemia involving myeloid cells is called myelogenous leukemia.

Cell leukemia types.

Types of leukemia acute lymphocytic leukemia all. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cll. Aml is the most. There are 4 main types of leukemia based on whether they are acute or chronic and myeloid or lymphocytic.

It occurs in children and adults. Prolymphocytic leukemia pll and hairy cell leukemia hcl. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells. All can also occur in.

It may also spread to lymph nodes and organs such as the liver and spleen. Acute myelogenous leukemia aml. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cll and small lymphocytic lymphoma sll are very similar because they have the same type of cancer cell. There are two types of b cell leukemia.

Both chronic lymphocytic leukemia small lymphocytic lymphoma cll sll and chronic myeloid leukemia cml have similar signs as their acute forms but mature cell counts can be closer to normal resulting in less severe symptoms. Leukemia is also classified according to the type of cell. They re both slow growing and you treat them the same way. Doctors categorize leukemia based on which type of white blood cell is involved lymphocytes or myeloid cells and whether the illness is developing very quickly acute disease or slowly over time chronic disease.

Acute myeloid leukemia aml. Despite the name hairy cell leukemia hcl is sometimes considered to be a type of lymphoma. Lymphocytic leukemias develop from cells that give rise to t lymphocytes t cells b lymphocytes b cells or natural killer nk cells. Acute lymphocytic leukemia all.

The leukemia cells are carried in the bloodstream to other organs and tissues. The lymphoma cells are small and found mainly in the bone marrow lymph nodes and spleen. Acute myeloid or myelogenous leukemia aml chronic myeloid or myelogenous leukemia cml acute lymphocytic or lymphoblastic leukemia all chronic lymphocytic leukemia cll. Aml is a common type of leukemia.

This is the most common type of leukemia in young children. This lymphoma is discussed in detail in waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. B cells are a specific type of lymph cell that affect a body s immune system.