LabQ 2022 Clinical Laboratory: Hematology Exercise  

Faculty/Authors

DENIZ PEKER, MD  
EMORY UNIVERISTY 
Atlanta, Georgia 

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

1. Review the Technical Considerations.
2. Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
3. Click Access to begin the course.
4. Review the Educational Activity.
5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
6. Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures​
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 05/27/2022 
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2022

• discuss the viral pathogenesis associated with HTLV-1 (human T-cell leukemia virus type 1) and regional prevalence of the disease;  

• list the laboratory values and systemic symptoms associated with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL);  

• describe the morphologic characteristics of the neoplastic “flower” cells that are pathognomonic for ATLL; 

• identify the immunophenotypic characteristics of lymphoma cells; and 

• discuss the differential diagnosis and prognosis of ATLL.