...Proven diagnosis of HCL according to the morphological and immunophenotypic criteria (co-expression of CD11c/CD25/CD103 and/or positivity for annexin-A1) of the World Health Organization (WHO-2008) classification of lymphoid neoplasms, accompanied by the presence of the BRAF-V600E mutation as detected using a sensitive allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (AS-PCR). ...