
WHO MDS CLASSIFICATION SUBTYPE
MDS WITH MULTILINEAGE DYSPLASIA
(MDS-MLD)
NORMAL
ABNORMAL
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.