Myelodysplastic syndrome laboratory findings

Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome include abnormal complete blood count, peripheral blood smear, cytogenetic analysis, and immunohistochemistry.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome include abnormal complete blood count, peripheral blood smear, cytogenetic analysis, immunohistochemistry, and bone marrow biopsy.^[1]

On complete blood count, characteristic findings of myelodysplastic syndrome include:^[1]

• Anemia
• Thrombocytopenia
• Leukopenia
• Neutropenia

On peripheral blood smear, characteristic findings of myelodysplastic syndrome include:^[2][3][4][5]

• Macro-ovalocytes
• Basophilic stippling
• Howell-Jolly body
• Acquired or pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly

On cytogenetic analysis, characteristic findings of myelodysplastic syndrome include:^[6][7]

• Deletions within the long arm of chromosome 5
• Deletions within the short arm of chromosome 17
• Monosomy 7
• Monosomy 8

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