Sat Feb 27, 2010, 01:27 PM
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question jill
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Originally Posted by Jill2008
Also, in "100 Questions and Answers About Myelodysplastic Syndromes" it states "The bone marrow of hypocellular MDS can appear similar to and be confused with idopathic aplastic anemia, in which marrow blood cells are destroyed by a person's own immune system, resulting in very low blood counts."
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Jill, the quote you mention above...I thought folks with MDS have blast cells...would the presence of blast cell make it distinguishable from Idiopathic AA?
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~Dee~  ) 29yr, wife and mom of 3 :: Dx Moderate AA 9/09, treated with IV iron, currently "watch and wait" :: RBC,Platelets "ok" - low WBC and ANC
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