Oncohematology

Myelodysplastic Syndrome: Blood Smear Cell Morphology

A clinical case of MDS with multilineage dysplasia: neutrophil hypogranulation and hyposegmentation, cytopenia, and hematology analyzer data.

Patient, 78 years old. Diagnosis: MDS with ring sideroblasts and multilineage dysplasia. Blood smear shows neutrophil hypogranulation and hyposegmentation. What are these cells in the photo?

🙏 The clinical case was kindly provided by Vera Kirnas, Biologist, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, F.S. Ankudinov Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Hospital