title: [Diagnostic Value of Combined Examination Using 5 Technigues for Myelodysplastic Syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the potential value of combined examinations of peripheral blood smear, bone marrow smear, bone marrow biopsy, chromosome banding analysis and flow cytometry (FCM) in the diagnoisis of myelodysplastic syndromes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 105 MDS patients who were admitted in our hospital from May 2013 to May 2015 and were diagnosed as MDS according to the criteria formulated by WHO were enrolled in this study. The accordance rate of diagnosis by the double test (peripheral blood smear plus bone marrow smear), triple test (above mentioned 2 tests plus bone marrow biopsy), quadruple test (above 3 tests plus chromosome banding analysis), and quintuple test (above 4 plus FCM) was amalyzed and compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 105 MDS patients, the diagnosis accordance rate was 70.48% for double tests, while 83.81%, 84.76% and 93.33% for triple, quadruple and quintuplet tests, respectively which were significantly higher than that for double tests (peripheral blood smear plus bone marrow smear) (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combined examination of the 5 methods can improve the accuracy of MDS diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hengshui Halison International Peace Hospital, Hengshui 053000, Hebei Province, China. E-mail: 115391597@qq.com.
authors.forename: Chun-Yan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hengshui Halison International Peace Hospital, Hengshui 053000, Hebei Province, China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mou
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory, Hengshui Halison International Peace Hospital, Hengshui 053000, Hebei Province, China.
authors.forename: Ya-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Duo
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hengshui Halison International Peace Hospital, Hengshui 053000, Hebei Province, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: DU
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*