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Old Fri Jan 25, 2019, 06:03 PM
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Dysplasia would have shown up in this flow cytometry report. It indicates only slight dysplasia. So, from an MDS point of view, this all looks good!

I tend to think that "Adequacy: Limited. Much of the intertrabecular space is empty." means that they got a bad BMB sample. Maybe they got a pocket where there weren't as many cells to analyze as would be desired. This can happen if your marrow is hypocellular. I use to get "inadequate sample" mentioned all the time on my BMB report I don't think you have to be worried about this statement.

I don't know the significance of CD56 and don't see mention of hematagones. I am guessing that the molecular report may shed some more light on this if it looks for gene mutations or cytogenetic abnormalities besides what was checked with FISH.
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58 yo female, dx 9/08, AA/hypo-MDS, subclinical PNH, ATG/CsA 12/08, partial response. small trisomy 6 clone, low-dose cyclosporine dependent
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