A subtype of acute myeloid leukaemia with recurrent genetic abnormalities characterised by clonal proliferation of myeloid blasts in the bone marrow, blood and rarely other tissues. Bone marrow typically shows small hypo-lobated megakaryocytes and multilineage dysplasia. Patients typically present with leukocytosis, anaemia, and variable platelet counts and a variety of nonspecific symptoms related to ineffective haematopoesis (fatigue, bleeding, bruising, recurrent infections, bone pain) and/or extramedullary site involvement (gingivitis, splenomegaly). High resistance to conventional chemotherapy is reported. [from
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