title: Myelodysplastic syndrome with synchronous gastric cancer: when the symptoms suggest something else.
abstract: Although myelodysplastic syndromes have a clear definition in theory, the morphologic dysplasia associated with ineffective hematopoiesis may be subtle and difficult to recognize and can commonly be mimicked by systemic conditions, such as infections, autoimmune disorders, nutritional deficiencies, toxic factors and non-hematological malignancies. However, myelodysplastic syndromes may truly coexist with other systemic diseases, which can be masked when the patient's symptoms are attributed exclusively to myelodysplastic syndromes without further investigation. To better illustrate this, we herein describe two cases associated with synchronous gastric cancers.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: pmcampos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Melo Campos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil; Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiola
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Traina
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lorand-Metze
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sara Teresinha
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Olalla Saad
keywords: Hematologic neoplasms; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Pancytopenia; Primary neoplasms; Secondary neoplasms