MDS WITH ISOLATED DEL(5Q)
DEL(5Q)

MDS WITH ISOLATED DEL(5Q)

MDS with isolated del(5q) is identified when part of chromosome 5 is missing (deleted), this change is called del(5q). One additional chromosome abnormality is also permitted as long as it does not involve chromosome 7. There is a low number of red blood cells in the bloodstream and the number of platelets is normal or high. There is dysplasia in at least one cell type in the bone marrow and less than 5% of the cells are blast (immature) cells.