Blood, 1957, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 382-390.
© 1957 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
The Pseudo-L.E. Cell Phenomenon, with Report of a Case
N. B. KURNICK 1
1 Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, and the University of California, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.
An example of leuko-phagocytosis secondary to metastic bronchogenic carcinoma is presented. The transitory development of leukoagglutination and
leukophagocytosis (pseudo-L.E. cell phenomenon) led to the erroneous diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus. The differentiation between the L.E. cell
phenomenon and the pseudo-phenomenon is discussed.
Submitted on July 3, 1956
Accepted on September 15, 1956