Table 4 Childhood myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS).

From: The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Myeloid and Histiocytic/Dendritic Neoplasms

 

Blasts

Childhood MDS with low blasts

<5% BM; <2% PB

  Hypocellular

 

  Not otherwise specified

 

Childhood MDS with increased blasts

5–19% BM; 2–19% PB

  1. BM bone marrow, PB peripheral blood.
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