WHO MDS CLASSIFICATION SUBTYPE

MDS WITH MULTILINEAGE DYSPLASIA
(MDS-MLD)

Normal

Red Blood Cells

Abnormal

Red Blood Cells

Normal

White Blood Cells

Abnormal

White Blood Cells

Normal

Platelets

Abnormal

Platelets

Blasts

MDS WITH MULTILINEAGE DYSPLASIA (MDS-MLD)

MDS-MDL exhibits a low number of one or more types of blood cells in the bloodstream and two or more types of blood cells look abnormal in the bone marrow. Of the affected cell types, at least 10% of the cells look abnormal. Less than 5% of cells in the bone marrow are blast cells with no blasts in the bloodstream.