Abstract
We report on 8 patients with ankyrin repeat domain 26 (ANKRD26)–related thrombocytopenia 2 (ANKRD26-RT) with elevated bone marrow myeloblasts and dysmegakaryopoiesis, without somatic genetic abnormalities or progression to malignancy during long-term observation, findings which may constitute inherent ANKRD26-RT biology rather than progression to myeloid malignancy.
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