NCIt definition : A subtype of myelodysplastic syndrome which initially lacks findings appropriate for
classification into any other myelodysplastic category. There are no specific morphologic
findings. The diagnosis can be made in the following instances: 1. in cases of refractory
cytopenia with unilineage dysplasia or refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia
but with 1% blasts in the peripheral blood; 2: in cases of myelodysplastic syndrome
with unilineage dysplasia which are associated with pancytopenia; 3: in cases with
persistent cytopenia (s) with 1% or fewer blasts in the blood and fewer than 5% in
the bone marrow, unequivocal dysplasia in less than 10% of the cells in one or more
myeloid lineages, and cytogenetic abnormalities considered as presumptive evidence
of myelodysplastic syndrome. (WHO, 2008);