Table 5

2001 WHO criteria for prefibrotic stage primary myelofibrosis

2001 criteria for prefibrotic PMF
Clinical findings 
    Spleen and liver 
        No or mild splenomegaly or hepatomegaly 
    Hematology (variable) 
        Mild anemia 
        Mild to moderate leukocytosis 
        Mild to marked thrombocytosis 
Morphological findings 
    Blood 
        No or mild leukoerythroblastosis 
        No or mild red blood cell poikilocytosis 
        Few if any dacryocytes 
    Bone marrow 
        Hypercellularity 
        Neutrophilic proliferation 
        Megakaryocytic proliferation 
        Megakaryocytic atypia* 
        Minimal or absent reticulin fibrosis 
2001 criteria for prefibrotic PMF
Clinical findings 
    Spleen and liver 
        No or mild splenomegaly or hepatomegaly 
    Hematology (variable) 
        Mild anemia 
        Mild to moderate leukocytosis 
        Mild to marked thrombocytosis 
Morphological findings 
    Blood 
        No or mild leukoerythroblastosis 
        No or mild red blood cell poikilocytosis 
        Few if any dacryocytes 
    Bone marrow 
        Hypercellularity 
        Neutrophilic proliferation 
        Megakaryocytic proliferation 
        Megakaryocytic atypia* 
        Minimal or absent reticulin fibrosis 
*

Clustering of megakaryocytes, abnormally lobulated megakaryocytic nuclei, naked megakaryocytic nuclei.

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