Clinical, Hematological, and Cytogenetic Profile of Myelodysplastic Syndromes in Adults: A Three-year Cross-sectional Study.

Objectives: Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of clonal hematological disorders with a diverse clinico-hematological profile. Studies in India have shown a different biology from the West. This study aimed to assess the clinicopathologic profile of MDS patients, classify them according to the World Health Organization classification system, categorize them into International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) and the revised IPSS prognostic subgroups, and evaluate the treatment outcome.

A Rare Case of Metachronous Peripheral T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Following Epstein-barr Virus-positive Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified.

We report a case of an elderly male who presented with enlarged abdominal lymph nodes and was diagnosed as having Epstein-Barr virus-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (EBV+ DLBCL, NOS). He was started on chemotherapy which had to be discontinued after three cycles due to the development of life-threatening pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and poor performance status. Within two years, the patient presented with features of relapse.