Refractory cytopenia of childhood

Definition

The most common subtype of the myelodysplastic syndromes affecting children. It is characterised by persistent cytopenia with less than 5% blasts in the bone marrow and less than 2% blasts in the peripheral blood.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Myelodysplastic syndromes

• 2A30Refractory anaemia
• 2A31Refractory neutropaenia
• 2A32Refractory thrombocytopenia
• 2A33Refractory anaemia with ring sideroblasts
• 2A34Refractory cytopenia with multi-lineage dysplasia
• 2A35Refractory anaemia with excess of blasts
• 2A36Myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated del(5q)
• 2A37Myelodysplastic syndrome, unclassifiable