%A K Pailoor %A GK Swethadri %A C Jayaprakash %A H Fernandes %J Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences %T B-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia in a Young Male %X B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia [B-PLL] is a neoplasm of B prolymphocytes affecting the peripheral blood, bone marrow and spleen. The principal disease characteristics are massive splenomegaly with absent or minimal peripheral lymphadenopathy and a rapidly rising lymphocyte count. Here, we report a case of B-PLL in a 42 year old male who had come for routine health check up. %N 2 %K B-PLL; Prolymphocyte; Massive splenomegaly; Immunophenotyping %E Dr Srinivas Kakkilaya %V 10 %D 2011 %I BS Kakkilaya %L cogprints7987