The Immunophenotyping laboratory performs a range of tests as detailed below:

HMDS Immunophenotyping Malignancy Investigations

Known or Suspected Diagnosis

Panel

Sample Requirements

Turnaround Time

ALL

Acute panel

9ml EDTA bone marrow; 4.5ml EDTA peripheral blood

14 days

AML

Acute panel

9ml EDTA bone marrow; 4.5ml EDTA peripheral blood

14 days

Aplastic Anaemia

PNH screen

4.5ml EDTA peripheral blood

14 days

CLL

CLL/lymphoma panel

4.5ml EDTA peripheral blood

14 days

Lymphomas

CLL/lymphoma panel

9ml EDTA bone marrow; 4.5ml EDTA peripheral blood, lymph nodes

14 days

CML

Not indicated

MDS

Not indicated

Myeloma

Not indicated

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms:

Not indicated

Polycythemia Vera

Not indicated

Essential Thrombocythemia

Not indicated

Myelofibrosis

Not indicated

Eosinophilia

Not indicated

 

HMDS Immunophenotyping Immune Monitoring

Please note that all samples must be received within 48 hours of being collected

 

Panel

Sample Requirements

Turnaround Time

Lymphocyte Subsets

CD4/CD8 Counts

4.5ml EDTA peripheral blood

48 hours

Lymphocyte Subsets

Lymphocyte subsets

4.5ml EDTA peripheral blood

48 hours

Rituximab Monitoring

CD19 panel

4.5ml EDTA peripheral blood

48 hours