| ISA | DISEASE-OF-BLOOD |
| ANCESTORS | ALL CHANGE-STATE CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL DISEASE-EVENT DISEASE-OF-BLOOD EVENT LIVING-EVENT PHYSICAL-EVENT |
| myelodysplastic syndromes | definition: disorders characterised by a deficiency in the number of blood cells caused by a damaged bone marrow. They can occur as primary cancer or after treatment with chemotherapy or radiation therapy for other diseases. Symptoms include fatigue, anemia, bleeding, and bruising. The mainstay of treatment is supportive care.
There are five types of myelodysplastic syndromes: refractory anemia, refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation, and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.
(en) number: plural part of speech: noun reliability code: 10 term type: main entry term context (x): i_mydisy.txt origination date: 12/06/2002 |
| preleukemia | definition: see myelodysplastic syndromes (en) number: singular part of speech: noun reliability code: 9 term type: synonym |
| MSD | term type: acronym |
| síndrome mielodisplásico | term type: main entry term reliability code: 10 part of speech: noun number: singular gender: masculine definition: conjunto de alteraciones caracterizadas por una deficiencia en el número de células sanguíneas derivada de daño en la médula espinal. Estas alteraciones pueden manifestarse como cáncer primario o después de un tratamiento con quimioterapia o radioterapia para paliar otras enfermedades. Los síntomas comprenden cansancio, anemia, hemorragia y hematomas. El tratamiento de elección lo constituyen los cuidados paliativos. Existen cinco tipos de síndromes mielodisplásicos: anemia refractaria, anemia refractaria con sideroblastos anillados, anemia refractaria con exceso de blastos, anemia refractaria con exceso de blastos en transformación y leucemia mielomonocítica crónica. (es) context (x): e_simidi.txt origination date: 12/06/2002 |