MYELODYSPLASTIC
MYELODYSPLASTIC
MYELODYSPLASTIC
MYELODYSPLASTIC
MYELODYSPLASTIC
MYELODYSPLASTIC
MYELODYSPLASTIC
MYELODYSPLASTIC
SYNDROMES
SYNDROMES
SYNDROMES
SYNDROMES
SYNDROMES
SYNDROMES
SYNDROMES
SYNDROMES
Agnieszka Piekarska, MD
Agnieszka Piekarska, MD
Department
Department
of
of
Hematology
Hematology
and
and
Transplantology
Transplantology
Medical
Medical
University
University
of
of
Gdansk
Gdansk
DEFINITION
DEFINITION
DEFINITION
DEFINITION
DEFINITION
DEFINITION
DEFINITION
DEFINITION
a
a
heterogenous
heterogenous
group
group
of
of
acquired
acquired
bone
bone
marrow
marrow
failure
failure
disorders
disorders
characterized
characterized
by
by
peripheral
peripheral
blood
blood
cytopenias
cytopenias
as a
as a
result
result
of
of
impaired
impaired
maturation
maturation
with
with
morphologic
morphologic
evidence
evidence
of
of
dysplasia
dysplasia
in
in
the
the
bone
bone
marrow
marrow
progenitor
progenitor
cells
cells
single
single
-
-
lineage
lineage
cytopenias
cytopenias
,
,
bicytopenia
bicytopenia
or
or
pancytopenia
pancytopenia
incresed
incresed
risk
risk
for developing
for developing
AML
AML
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOGENESIS
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
ETIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
Genetic
Genetic
mutations
mutations
and
and
their
their
accumulation
accumulation
del
del
5,
5,
del
del
7,
7,
del
del
5q
5q
Accelerated
Accelerated
apoptosis
apoptosis
Neoangiogenesis
Neoangiogenesis
(
(
disease
disease
progression
progression
)
)
Primary
Primary
MDS
MDS
:
:
familial
familial
defects
defects
(
(
impaired
impaired
hematopoiesis
hematopoiesis
or
or
DNA
DNA
repair
repair
),
),
age
age
,
,
benzene
benzene
,
,
Secondary
Secondary
MDS (
MDS (
therapy
therapy
-
-
related
related
)
)
:
:
-
-
chemotherapy
chemotherapy
:
:
alkylating
alkylating
agents
agents
e.g
e.g
.
.
chlorambucil
chlorambucil
,
,
melphalan
melphalan
,
,
Cy
Cy
,
,
autoSCT
autoSCT
-
-
ionizing
ionizing
radiation
radiation
CLASSIFICATION (WH0)
CLASSIFICATION (WH0)
CLASSIFICATION (WH0)
CLASSIFICATION (WH0)
CLASSIFICATION (WH0)
CLASSIFICATION (WH0)
CLASSIFICATION (WH0)
CLASSIFICATION (WH0)
RA
RA
=
=
refractory
refractory
anemia (
anemia (
unilineage
unilineage
erythroid
erythroid
dysplasia
dysplasia
with
with
blasts
blasts
<5%
<5%
in
in
BM)
BM)
RARS
RARS
= RA
= RA
with
with
ringed
ringed
sideroblasts
sideroblasts
(>15%)
(>15%)
RCMD
RCMD
=
=
refractory
refractory
cytopenia
cytopenia
with
with
multilineage
multilineage
dysplasia
dysplasia
(blasts<5%
(blasts<5%
in
in
BM)
BM)
RCMD
RCMD
-
-
RS
RS
= RCMD
= RCMD
with
with
ringed
ringed
sideroblasts
sideroblasts
RAEB
RAEB
=RA
=RA
with
with
excess
excess
blasts(<20%)
blasts(<20%)
-
-
RAEB
RAEB
I,II
I,II
5q
5q
-
-
syndrome
syndrome
= MDS <5%
= MDS <5%
blasts
blasts
with
with
del
del
(5q)
(5q)
MDS
MDS
unclassifiable
unclassifiable
MDS/MPS
MDS/MPS
–
–
CMML =
CMML =
chronic
chronic
myelomonocytic
myelomonocytic
leukemia
leukemia
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
Asymptomatic
Asymptomatic
Symptoms
Symptoms
suggestive
suggestive
of
of
a
a
blood
blood
disorder
disorder
(
(
fatigue
fatigue
,
,
exercise
exercise
intolerance
intolerance
,
,
infections
infections
,
,
inappropriate
inappropriate
bleeding
bleeding
or
or
bruising
bruising
)
)
Anemia (Hb<10%,MCV N/>) 80%
Anemia (Hb<10%,MCV N/>) 80%
Neutropenia
Neutropenia
40%
40%
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia
30
30
-
-
45%
45%
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
CLINICAL FEATURES
BM:
BM:
dyserytropoiesis
dyserytropoiesis
(
(
megaloblastic
megaloblastic
maturation
maturation
,
,
abnormalities
abnormalities
of
of
erythroblast
erythroblast
nuclei
nuclei
,
,
iron
iron
-
-
laden
laden
mitochondria=sideroblasts
mitochondria=sideroblasts
)
)
dysgranulopoiesis
dysgranulopoiesis
(
(
hypogranulation
hypogranulation
,
,
hypo
hypo
-
-
or
or
hypersegmentation
hypersegmentation
,
,
excess
excess
blasts
blasts
)
)
dysmegakariopoiesis
dysmegakariopoiesis
(
(
giant
giant
or
or
small
small
,
,
hypogranular
hypogranular
)
)
Trephine
Trephine
core
core
BM
BM
biopsy
biopsy
:
:
mostly
mostly
normo
normo
-
-
or
or
hypercellular
hypercellular
,
,
sometimes
sometimes
hypocellular
hypocellular
ALIP (
ALIP (
abnormal
abnormal
localization
localization
of
of
immature
immature
precursors
precursors
)
)
NATURAL
NATURAL
NATURAL
NATURAL
NATURAL
NATURAL
NATURAL
NATURAL
HISTORY/PROGNOSIS
HISTORY/PROGNOSIS
HISTORY/PROGNOSIS
HISTORY/PROGNOSIS
HISTORY/PROGNOSIS
HISTORY/PROGNOSIS
HISTORY/PROGNOSIS
HISTORY/PROGNOSIS
International
International
Prognostic
Prognostic
Scoring
Scoring
System for
System for
Patients
Patients
with
with
MDS
MDS
Risk
Risk
groups
groups
:
:
low=0,
low=0,
intermediate
intermediate
I 0.5
I 0.5
-
-
1,
1,
intermediate
intermediate
II 1.5
II 1.5
-
-
2, high
2, high
≥
≥
2.5
2.5
2.0
2.0
21
21
-
-
30
30
1.5
1.5
11
11
-
-
20
20
1.0
1.0
Poor
Poor
0.5
0.5
Intermediate
Intermediate
5
5
-
-
10
10
2
2
-
-
3
3
0.0
0.0
Good
Good
<5
<5
0
0
-
-
1
1
Score
Score
Cytogenetics
Cytogenetics
Marrow
Marrow
Blasts
Blasts
(%)
(%)
Cytopenia
Cytopenia
TREATMENT
TREATMENT
TREATMENT
TREATMENT
TREATMENT
TREATMENT
TREATMENT
TREATMENT
transfusion
transfusion
support
support
(
(
blood
blood
,
,
platelets
platelets
)
)
iron
iron
chelatation
chelatation
(
(
Desferrioxamine
Desferrioxamine
)
)
tranexamic
tranexamic
acid
acid
growth
growth
factors
factors
(
(
G
G
-
-
CSF
CSF
, EPO)
, EPO)
immunosuppresive
immunosuppresive
treatment
treatment
(
(
ATG+CsA+Pred
ATG+CsA+Pred
)
)
induction
induction
AML
AML
-
-
like
like
chemotherapy
chemotherapy
or
or
low
low
-
-
dose
dose
CHT
CHT
allogeneic
allogeneic
stem
stem
cell
cell
transplantation
transplantation
(
(
alloSCT
alloSCT
)
)
Alternatives
Alternatives
/
/
clinical
clinical
trials
trials
:
:
steroids
steroids
,
,
thalidomide
thalidomide
,
,
lenalidomide
lenalidomide
,
,
azacitidine
azacitidine
,
,
decitabine
decitabine
,
,
clofabine
clofabine
,
,
amifostine
amifostine
,
,
arsenic
arsenic
trioxide
trioxide
,
,
inhibitors
inhibitors
of
of
angiogenesis
angiogenesis