Assay

Leukaemia/Lymphoma Phenotyping

Key Words

Leukaemia, Lymphoma, Panel, Acute, Chronic

Specimen Collection

3.4ml EDTA (Red lid) venous blood or bone marrow aspirate, or CSF. Only to be requested by Consultant Haematologists. Samples older than 24 hours from collection cannot be processed due to white cell degradation.

Turnaround time

Next working day

Test indications

Suspected leukaemia/lymphoma, or suspected change in existing leukaemia/lymphoma phenotype.

Interferences

Haemolysis, clotted samples

Reference Range

N/A

Minimum retesting interval

Leukaemia/Lymphoma Phenotyping requests made within 28 days of a previous request on a patient are intervened.