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Query: UMLS:C0026986 (
myelodysplastic syndrome
)
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A 54-year-old woman was diagnosed as having refractory anemia (RA) with CREST syndrome (incomplete type). She showed Raynaud's phenomenon, sclerodactyly and telangiectasia, but not calcinosis and
esophageal dysmotility
. Laboratory findings revealed anemia and thrombocytopenia, and
myelodysplasia
, abnormal karyotype of 47, XX, +8 in bone marrow cells. Antinuclear and centromere antibody was positive. Treatment with prednisolone was not successful. After prednisolone was tapered, she was given 20 mg/body metenolone orally, which led to hematological improvement, and after 6 months of therapy, abnormal karyotype of 47, XX, +8 disappeared.
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PMID:[Myelodysplastic syndrome with CREST syndrome successfully treated with metenolone--A case report]. 884 10
