[Choroid infiltration in myelodysplastic syndrome].

Abstract

Myelodysplastic syndrome is a clonal disease of the hematopoetic system characterized by insufficiency of affected bone marrow cell lines. After long-term course of myelodysplastic syndrome an acceleration towards acute myeloic leukemia is a frequent finding. Involvement of the eye is a well known phenomenon in acute leukemia or in blast crisis with chronic leukemias. Eye involvement in myelodysplastic syndrome showing its transition into acute myeloic leukemia however has been published in only few cases.