Article
Morphologic and cytogenetic differences between post-polycythemic myelofibrosis and primary myelofibrosis in fibrotic stage.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Dec 2013
Boiocchi Leonardo, Mathew Susan, Gianelli Umberto, Iurlo Alessandra, Radice Tommaso, Barouk-Fox Sharon, Knowles Daniel M, Orazi Attilio
Abstract excerpt
Polycythemia vera and primary myelofibrosis share a propensity to progress toward a myelofibrotic late stage with overlapping clinical characteristics. Bone marrow features potentially useful for distinguishing the two entities have not been thoroughly investigated and, currently, clinical history is used for purposes of disease classification. This study describes in detail the morphologic features of 23 cases...
Topics
- Abnormal Karyotype
- Aged
- Cytogenetic Analysis
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Janus Kinase 2
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Male
