We report results of a 65-year-old patient with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome and multilineage dysplasia treated with hypomethylating agents. After failure of erythropoietin and thalidomide, the patient received azacitidine and achieved hematological remission for 95 months. In 2016, the treatment was switched to decitabine with promising results. These data showed that azacitidine used as a third-line treatment resulted in an exceptionally long-lasting positive hematological response after standard first- and second-line therapies had failed. Additionally, the patient experienced a good quality of life with no complications related to profound cytopenia, and continues to do so at the time of this report's preparation.
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