myelodysplastic syndrome
blood smear of a patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome: red blood cells showing marked poikilocytosis, in part related to post-splenectomy status, and central a hypogranular neutrophil with a pseudo-Pelger-Huet nucleus.
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- one of a group of hematological conditions that cause ineffective production (or dysplasia) of all blood cells but the lymphocytic lineage
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