title: Diagnostic criteria to distinguish hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia from hypocellular myelodysplastic syndromes and aplastic anemia: recommendations for a standardized approach.
abstract: Members of the French-American-British Cooperative Leukemia Working Group met to review cases of aplastic anemia, hypocellular myelodysplastic syndrome and hypocellular acute myeloid leukemia. Criteria were proposed and modified following three workshops. Additional input was obtained from another hematopathologist with a special interest in bone marrow histology and immunohistochemistry. Guidelines were recommended based on the workshop results as well as additional studies including selective immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry and cytogenetics.
authors.affiliation: James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. John_Bennett@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Attilio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orazi
mesh_terms: D000741:Anemia, Aplastic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology