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Table 4 Type and frequency of immunophenotypic aberrancies detected in PB neutrophils from LR-MDS patients versus normal individuals (controls)

From: A pilot study on the usefulness of peripheral blood flow cytometry for the diagnosis of lower risk myelodysplastic syndromes: the “MDS thermometer”

 

LR-MDS

(n = 14)

Controls

(n = 14)

 

Decreased

Increased

Decreased

Increased

Abnormal light scatter characteristics

 FSC

10 (71%)

1 (7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 SSC

8 (57%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (7%)

Abnormal expression of cell surface markers

 CD10

9 (64%)

1 (7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 CD11b

10 (71%)

1 (7%)

0 (0%)

1 (7%)

 CD11c

10 (71%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 CD13

4 (29%)

1 (7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 CD15

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (7%)

1 (7%)

 CD16

6 (43%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 CD45

2 (14%)

1 (7%)

1 (7%)

0 (0%)

Number of individuals with abnormal parameters

 No abnormal parameters

1 (7%)

10 (71%)

12 (86%)

11 (79%)

 One abnormal parameter

0 (0%)

3 (21%)

2 (14%)

3 (21%)

 Two abnormal parameters

2 (14%)

1 (7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Three abnormal parameters

1 (7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Four abnormal parameters

3 (21%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Five abnormal parameters

4 (29%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Six abnormal parameters

2 (14%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Seven abnormal parameters

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Eight abnormal parameters

1 (7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Nine abnormal parameters

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

  1. Abbreviations: LR-MDS lower risk myelodysplastic syndromes, PB peripheral blood
  2. Results are expressed as absolute and (relative) frequencies
  3. Percentages were approximated to the closest full unit