Table 1

WHO classification of myeloid neoplasms

Major subgroupsConditions
MDS Refractory cytopenia with unilineage dysplasia, RARS, refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia (RCMD), refractory cytopenia with excess blasts (RAEB, type 1 and 2), MDS with isolated del(5q) 
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML, BCR-ABL1 positive), chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL), polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, primary myelofibrosis (PMF), chronic eosinophilic leukemia, mastocytosis 
MDS/MPN CMML, atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML, BCR-ABL1 negative), juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), RARS-T 
AML Various subtypes based on blast morphology and/or underlying genetic lesion(s) 
Major subgroupsConditions
MDS Refractory cytopenia with unilineage dysplasia, RARS, refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia (RCMD), refractory cytopenia with excess blasts (RAEB, type 1 and 2), MDS with isolated del(5q) 
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML, BCR-ABL1 positive), chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL), polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, primary myelofibrosis (PMF), chronic eosinophilic leukemia, mastocytosis 
MDS/MPN CMML, atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (aCML, BCR-ABL1 negative), juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), RARS-T 
AML Various subtypes based on blast morphology and/or underlying genetic lesion(s) 

Information is from Swerdlow et al. The WHO classification of myeloid neoplasms also includes myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms with eosinophilia and abnormalities of PDGFRA, PDGFRB, or FGFR1.

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