Refractory anaemia with ring sideroblasts

Definition

A myelodysplastic syndrome characterised by an anaemia in which 15% or more of the erythroid precursors are ringed sideroblasts. The ring sideroblast is an erythroid precursor in which one third or more of the nucleus is encircled by granules which are positive for iron stain.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Myelodysplastic syndromes

• 2A30Refractory anaemia
• 2A31Refractory neutropaenia
• 2A32Refractory thrombocytopenia
• 2A34Refractory cytopenia with multi-lineage dysplasia
• 2A35Refractory anaemia with excess of blasts
• 2A36Myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated del(5q)
• 2A37Myelodysplastic syndrome, unclassifiable
• 2A38Refractory cytopenia of childhood