A 60-Year-Old Patient Visited His General Practitioner Because of Fatigue

A 60-year-old patient visited his general practitioner because of fatigue and unexplained bruising. Physical examination revealed a frail, thin, pale man with widespread bruising. A CBC was ordered and revealed abnormal granularity of platelets and leukocytes. Red cells appeared dimorphic. Bone marrow analysis showed 20% ringed sideroblasts with dysplastic changes in RBC and WBC precursors. No cytogenetic abnormalities were detected. Based on this information, what is a probable diagnosis?

A) Acute leukemia
B) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
C) Myelodysplastic syndrome
D) Myeloproliferative syndrome

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