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Patient's bone marrow smears showing dysplastic changes of erythroid cells and immature/dysplastic forms of myeloid cells.
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Finally, he had a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy that confirmed the diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome with 8% blasts (RAEB-1, WHO 2008) (Figures 1 and 2), while immunophenotypic analysis revealed the myeloid origin of the blasts.
Typical dysplastic megacaryocytes.
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Finally, he had a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy that confirmed the diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome with 8% blasts (RAEB-1, WHO 2008) (Figures 1 and 2), while immunophenotypic analysis revealed the myeloid origin of the blasts.