Doc has referred me to Hemo to rule out lymphoma. WBC's up 16.4 since last Sept/ unresolved anemia issues/ and terrible itchy burning feet & legs. Question? It appears to me that a LOW WBC is generally found in lymphoma. So why am I being referred??

Submitted by LivingClay Mon 04/18/2011

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That's not entirely true on

Submitted by Ross Bonander on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 00:45.

That's not entirely true on WBC. One general, non-specific symptom of lymphoma is known as leukocytosis, or an increase in WBC of any kind. Naturally an increase can signify a range of things (thus is non-specific). However, keep in mind that speaking very broadly, lymphoma is characterized by proliferation of lymphocytes that for whatever reason are not dying, rather they are proliferating and building up in the lymph nodes or elsewhere. Instead of undergoing apoptosis, they have mutated to resist cell death.

Have you had any scans done? Is there an expectation that you will undergo a biopsy by way of the hematologist?

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