Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) are neoplastic pathologies characterized by accelerated hematopoiesis and apoptosis; this results in a paradoxical condition featured by bone marrow progenitors hypercellularity compared to the peripheral cytopenia.In this review the WHO update goal is summarized.A new MDS nomenclature has been defined so as to make the diagnostic approach towards these heterogeneous diseases more rational.Methodologically, the morphology study is still considered fundamental, both for the accurate blasts counting and the dysplastic detection of one or more of the three myeloid lines.Furthermore, specific genetic mutations have not only a diagnostic and prognostic importance, but it can also define a more adherent therapeutic condition, as well as identifying blurred categories or cytopenic asymptomatic patients who can evolve towards an overt MDS.
DOI: 10.4999/uhod.182469
Author: Guido D’ANGELO
Language: English
Subfield: Hematology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2807820191