Chronic Myeloid Neoplasms - WHO classification of MDS/MPN

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MDS/MPN

WHO classification of MDS/MPN

Reviewer: Nikhil Sangle, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 12 August 2011, last major update August 2011
Copyright: (c) 2001-2011, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

Definition
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● Diagnosis requires correlation of bone marrow and peripheral blood findings with clinical, genetic and other laboratory information (Semin Diagn Pathol 2003;20:154)

WHO 2008 classification
4.1 Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
4.2 Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
4.3 Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia
4.4 MDS/MPN, unclassifiable

WHO 2001 classification
Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia
Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
Myelodysplastic / myeloproliferative disease, unclassifiable

Additional references
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● Leukemia 2008;22:14 (WHO 2008), Blood 2002;100:2292 (WHO 2001)

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