Question 121 · LEK · Myelodysplastic syndrome
The characteristic feature of myelodysplastic syndromes is:
- A. presence of cytopenia in peripheral blood.
- B. increased leukocytosis with the presence of erythroblasts in peripheral blood.
- C. common transformation into acute myeloblastic leukemia.
- D. A and C are true.
- E. B and C are true.
Hint
MDS are clonal disorders with ineffective haematopoiesis; consider the peripheral blood picture and the natural course of the disease.
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