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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nawal Muazam M.D.[2]
Overview
Myelodysplastic syndrome must be differentiated from other diseases that cause anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia, such as vitamin B12 defeciency, folate defeciency, toxic exposure, biologic agents, heavy metals, chemotherapy, and infections.[1][2]
Myelodysplastic syndrome differential diagnosis
Myelodysplastic syndrome must be differentiated from other diseases that cause anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia, such as:[1][2]
- Nutritional deficiency
- Vitamin B12 defeciency
- Folate defeciency
- Toxic exposures
- Biologic agents
- Heavy metals
- Chemotherapy
- Infections
- Parovirus B19
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
- Congenital hematopoietic disorder
- Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Differential diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes. Librepathology (2015). http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Myelodysplastic_syndromes. Accessed on December 9, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Merrill, Andrea L.; Smith, Hedy (2011). "Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Autoimmunity: A Case Report of an Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome". Case Reports in Hematology. 2011: 1–4. doi:10.1155/2011/560106. ISSN 2090-6560.