CD5 and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Two months prior to admission to the hospital, the patient was noted to have bilateral cervical adenopathy, a biopsy of one of the lymph nodes revealed a CD5-positive B-cell malignancy consistent with small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Thepatient was referred to hematology/oncology, and CBC revealed a white count of 164,000 x 109/L with predominantly lymphocytes, severe anemia with a hemoglobin of 6 g/dL, and moderate thrombocytopenia with a platelet count of 75,000/μL.