Concordant low EPO level and bone marrow with megakaryocyte hyperplasia
New comment by at Johns Hopkins University ( February 28, 2023)
To begin, a bone marrow biopsy must be decalcified before the specimen can be sectioned for analysis. Decalcification, unfortunately, also leaches iron out of the specimen. So...
No evidence of palpable splenomegaly, normal hematocrit and platelet count
New answer by at Johns Hopkins University (June 28, 2022)
First, let's abandon the phase "BCR/ABL-negative MPN". This is an oxymoron because BCR/ABL can be expressed in a JAK2 driver mutation-positive MPN. In fact, both BCR/ABL and J...
New answer by at Johns Hopkins University (June 28, 2024)
My first thought upon encountering this question was that there must have been a typographical error and the writer actually meant “negative”, not positive, becaus...