In<unk> , the<unk> <unk> s" (malignant B lymphocytes) accumulate in the bone marrow, interfering with the production of normal white blood<unk> s, red blood<unk> s, and platelets. Consequently, patients may develop infections related to low white blood<unk>  count, anemia and fatigue due to a lack of red blood<unk> s, or easy bleeding due to a low platelet count. Leukemic<unk> s may gather in the spleen and cause it to swell; this can have the side effect of making the person feel full even when he or she has not eaten much.<unk>  is commonly diagnosed after a routine blood count shows unexpectedly low numbers of one or more kinds of normal blood<unk> s, or after unexplained bruises or recurrent infections in an otherwise apparently healthy patient. Platelet function may be somewhat impaired in<unk>  patients, although this does not appear to have any significant practical effect. It may result in somewhat more mild bruises than would otherwise be expected for a given platelet count or a mildly increased bleeding time for a minor cut, likely the result of producing slightly abnormal platelets in the overstressed bone marrow tissue. Patients with a high tumor burden may also have somewhat reduced levels of cholesterol, especially in patients with an enlarged spleen. Cholesterol levels return to more normal values with successful treatment of<unk> .
Hairy cell leukemia
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Prolymphocytic leukemia
B-cell leukemia
T-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma
T-cell leukemia
Large granular lymphocytic leukemia
Leukemoid reaction