Myelodysplastic syndrome with 6q deletion as the sole chromosome abnormality in an Iranian patient: a case report with review of literature

The myelodysplastic syndrome [MDS] is a highly heterogenous disorder and karyotype analysis is helpful for diagnostic and prognostic estimation. Deletion in long arm chromosome 6 [6q del] as a sole abnormality is a rare event in MDS. This is the first case report of del [6q] as the only observed diagnostic change in Iran. We also reviewed the literature of this cytogenetic lesion