Refractory cytopenia of childhood

Description

The most common subtype of the myelodysplastic syndromes affecting children. It is characterised by persistent cytopenia with less than 5% blasts in the bone marrow and less than 2% blasts in the peripheral blood.

Index terms

Refractory cytopenia of childhood

Exclusions from above levels

2A60.2 – Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms
3A70.10 – Drug-induced aplastic anaemia
2E03 – Malignant neoplasm metastasis in bone or bone marrow

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http://id.who.int/icd/entity/501778925 – Malignant neoplasm metastasis in lymph nodes
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/97145147 – Malignant neoplasm metastasis in thymus gland

Sibling codes

2A30 – Refractory anaemia
2A31 – Refractory neutropaenia
2A32 – Refractory thrombocytopenia
2A33 – Refractory anaemia with ring sideroblasts
2A34 – Refractory cytopenia with multi-lineage dysplasia
2A35 – Refractory anaemia with excess of blasts
2A36 – Myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated del(5q)
2A37 – Myelodysplastic syndrome, unclassifiable
2A3Y – Other specified myelodysplastic syndromes
2A3Z – Myelodysplastic syndromes, unspecified

Foundation entity

Refractory cytopenia of childhood – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/699075426

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 02: Neoplasms