[Quantitative study of the medullar fibrosis in 84 cases of idiopathic myeloid splenomegaly (author's transl)]. / Etude quantitative de la fibrose médullaire dans 84 cas de splénomégalie myéloïde primitive.

84 bone marrow biopsies were analysed by quantification methods with Classimat. The initial diagnosis was: idiopathic myelofibrosis with splenomegaly. A previous study divided the patients among three categories, according to the classification in three progressive stages of the bone marrow disease. The quantitative lecture was done after reticulin coloration, "in blind", and on several biopsies from the same patient. The results show good correlation with classical histologic methods. The quantitative measure of fibrosis is already important as soon as the first stages of the disease. Correlations with prognosis are more difficult to define.

[Quantitative study of the medullar fibrosis in 84 cases of idiopathic myeloid splenomegaly (author's transl)]. / Etude quantitative de la fibrose médullaire dans 84 cas de splénomégalie myéloïde primitive.

84 bone marrow biopsies were analysed by quantification methods with Classimat. The initial diagnosis was: idiopathic myelofibrosis with splenomegaly. A previous study divided the patients among three categories, according to the classification in three progressive stages of the bone marrow disease. The quantitative lecture was done after reticulin coloration, "in blind", and on several biopsies from the same patient. The results show good correlation with classical histologic methods. The quantitative measure of fibrosis is already important as soon as the first stages of the disease. Correlations with prognosis are more difficult to define.