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Old Sat Oct 25, 2014, 10:59 PM
Cheryl C Cheryl C is offline
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Normal CBC and MDS?

Hi all

A friend of mine has symptoms very similar to mine when I was diagnosed in 2011. He has already had a range of tests including a CBC but with results in normal range (mine weren't). This may seem like a very weird question but is there any chance that he could have a form of MDS and still have normal blood counts?

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks.
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Old Sun Oct 26, 2014, 06:28 AM
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Hi Cheryl!
As far as I understand we have to have at least one cell- line affected. Here is the WHO criteria for MDS page 4. http://www.leukemia-net.org/content/...WP80902192.pdf
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Old Sun Oct 26, 2014, 05:29 PM
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That was an interesting read. It shows how it can be a diagnosis of exclusion and it's hard to pin down just what a person may have. Thanks for that.
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Old Sun Oct 26, 2014, 05:59 PM
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Thank you Birgitta - very helpful!
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