A Patient Has a Very High White Blood Cell Count

A patient has a very high white blood cell count with many blasts in the blood and bone marrow.Esterase stains using both naphthol AS-D chloroacetate and a-naphthyl acetate esterase as substrates are both positive.What condition is likely?

A) chronic myelogenous leukemia
B) acute lymphoblastic leukemia
C) acute myelomonocytic leukemia
D) hairy cell leukemia

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