Question

Difference between refractory anaemia and cytopenia

Answer 1

RF)------MDS with excess blasts ([MDS-EB], previously termed refractory anemia with excess blasts [RAEB] in the 2008 WHO Classification) is a specific MDS entity characterized by increased myeloblasts in the bone marrow and/or blood or the presence of Auer rods


CP)------Cytopenia is a reduction in the number of mature blood cells. It takes a number of forms: Low red blood cell count: resulting in anemia. Low white blood cell count: leukopenia or neutropenia. Because neutrophils make up at least half of all white cells, they are almost always low in leukopenia.