Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Not Otherwise Specified with Multilineage Dysplasia

**Semantic type:** Neoplastic Process

**Definition:** A myelodysplastic syndrome characterized by bi-cytopenia or pancytopenia and dysplastic changes in 10% or more of the cells in two or more of the myeloid cell lines. (WHO, 2001)

**Synonyms:** - MDS, NOS with Multilineage Dysplasia - MDS-LB-MLD - MDS-MLD - Myelodysplastic Neoplasm with Low Blasts and Multilineage Dysplasia - Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Low Blasts and Multilineage Dysplasia - Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Multilineage Dysplasia - Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Multilineage Dysplasia - RCMD - Refractory Cytopenia with Multilineage Dysplasia - Refractory Cytopenia with Multilineage Dysplasia - Refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia