MDS Flashcards
Meaning of Auer rods
MDS excess blasts
common RBC morphology on blood smear
Ovalomacrocytosis
also: Basophilic stippling Howell-Jolly bodies Megaloblastoid nucleated RBC Elliptocytes teardrop cells Atomatocytes Acanthocytes
Cytogenetic abnormailties-unbalanced
Loss of chromosome 7 or del(7q) del(5q) or t(5q) Isochromosome 17q or t(17p) Loss of chromosome 13 or del(13q) del(11q) del(12p) or t(12p) del(9q) idic(X)(q13)
BM myeloid morphology
relative maturation arrest
abnormal localization of immature precursors (ALIP)- immature cells cntered centrally and not peripherally
BM erytroid morphology
ineffective erythropoiesis
large RBC
nuclear multilobation and budding
cytoplasm- vacuolization, PAS positive granules, ring sideroblasts
BM megakaryocyte morphology
usually normal
Large, small (“dwarf”/micromegakaryocyte), multiple dispersed nuclei ( “pawn ball megakaryocytes”), hypogranular
BM fibrosis
up to 50%
usually mild-moderate
Cytogentic abnormaility- balanced
t(11;16)(q23.3;p13.3) t(3;21)(q26.2;q22.1) t(1;3)(p36.3;q21.2) t(2;11)(p21;q23.3) inv(3)(q21q26.2) or t(3;3)(q21.2;q26.2) t(6;9)(p23;q34.1)
cytogenetic abnormailtes diagonstic of AML
t(8;21)(q22;q22); RUNX1-RUNX1T1 (previously AML1-ETO)
inv(16)(p13.1q22) or t(16;16)(p13.1;q22); CBFB-MYH11
t(15;17)(q22;q21.1); PML-RARA
WHO Classification criteria
MDS with single lineage displasia
MDS with multi-lineage displasia
MDS with ring sidroblasts (>15%)
MDS with isolated del(5q)
MDS with excess blasts 1 (BM 5-9%, PB 2-4%)
MDS with excess blasts 2 (BM 10-19%, PB 5-19% or Auer rod)
MDS uncalssifiable
SF3B1
Associated with ring sidroblasts
favorable prognosis
DD of ring sidroblasts
Alcohol Benzene Lead Isoniazid Copper deficiency Congenital
MDS with del(5q)
Macrocytic anemia w/wo trombocytosis
Usually no neutropenia
Pretty benign
DD of MDS
Deficiency of vitamin B12, folate, or copper
Zinc, lead or arsenic poisoning
HIV
VEXAS
IPSS-R
Cytogenetics Blasts HB ANC PLT