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==Natural History==
==Natural History==
Myelofibrosis has a very indolent course.<ref name=wikidiagn1osismf1>Diagnosis of myelofibrosis. Wikipedia 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelofibrosis. Accessed on March 8, 2016</ref>
*Myelofibrosis is a chronic, malignant hematologic disorder which can have a slow progressive course.<ref>{{cite book | last = Hoffman | first = Ronald | title = Hematology : basic principles and practice | publisher = Elsevier | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2018 | isbn = 9780323357623 }}</ref>
*Progression of the disease can vary from patient to patient and a significant proportion of patients can be asymptomatic.<ref name="pmid29741513">{{cite journal |vauthors=O'Sullivan JM, Harrison CN |title=Myelofibrosis: clinicopathologic features, prognosis, and management |journal=Clin Adv Hematol Oncol |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=121–131 |date=February 2018 |pmid=29741513 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid27870387">{{cite journal |vauthors=Tefferi A |title=Primary myelofibrosis: 2017 update on diagnosis, risk-stratification, and management |journal=Am. J. Hematol. |volume=91 |issue=12 |pages=1262–1271 |date=December 2016 |pmid=27870387 |doi=10.1002/ajh.24592 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid9488952">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cervantes F, Pereira A, Esteve J, Cobo F, Rozman C, Montserrat E |title=[Idiopathic myelofibrosis: initial features, evolutive patterns and survival in a series of 106 patients] |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=Med Clin (Barc) |volume=109 |issue=17 |pages=651–5 |date=November 1997 |pmid=9488952 |doi= |url=}}</ref>


==Complications==
==Complications==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

Overview

The development of myelofibrosis is a a slow process and it does not cause early symptoms. A significant proportion of the patients can be asymptomatic and the diagnosis is usually made in the setting of an unrelated condition. The most overlapping and common findings encountered are anemia and splenomegaly presenting as weakness, easy fatigability, palpitations, and dyspnea in the case of anemia and early satiety with possible accompanying left upper quadrant discomfort if splenomegaly is present.

The disease has a progressive course and can result in pancytopenia as the bone marrow failure ensues. This can result in bleeding complications, easy bruising, increase in the susceptibility to infections, and worsening anemia. The bone marrow failure paves the way for extramedullary hematopoiesis which mainly occurs in the reticuloendothelial tissues.

If left untreated, myelofibrosis can lead to severe complications, the most feared of which are acute leukemia, heart failure, and portal hypertension.

Natural History

  • Myelofibrosis is a chronic, malignant hematologic disorder which can have a slow progressive course.[1]
  • Progression of the disease can vary from patient to patient and a significant proportion of patients can be asymptomatic.[2][3][4]

Complications

Common complications of myelofibrosis include:[5][6][7][8][9]

Prognosis

  • Prognosis is generally poor and the median survival for myelofibrosis is 3.5 years to 5.5 years, but patients younger than 55 years have a median survival of 11 years.[8]
  • Poor prognostic factors for myelofibrosis include:[8]
  • Patients without any of the adverse features, excluding age, have a median survival of more than 10 to 15 years, but the presence of any two of the adverse features lowers the median survival to less than 4 years.
  • Karyotype abnormalities can also affect prognosis of myelofibrosis. In a retrospective series, the 13q and 20q deletions and trisomy 9 correlated with improved survival and no leukemia transformation in comparison with the worse prognosis with trisomy 8, complex karyotype, -7/7q-, i(17q), inv(3), -5/5q-, 12p-, or 11q23 rearrangement.[8]

References

  1. Hoffman, Ronald (2018). Hematology : basic principles and practice. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. ISBN 9780323357623.
  2. O'Sullivan JM, Harrison CN (February 2018). "Myelofibrosis: clinicopathologic features, prognosis, and management". Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 16 (2): 121–131. PMID 29741513.
  3. Tefferi A (December 2016). "Primary myelofibrosis: 2017 update on diagnosis, risk-stratification, and management". Am. J. Hematol. 91 (12): 1262–1271. doi:10.1002/ajh.24592. PMID 27870387.
  4. Cervantes F, Pereira A, Esteve J, Cobo F, Rozman C, Montserrat E (November 1997). "[Idiopathic myelofibrosis: initial features, evolutive patterns and survival in a series of 106 patients]". Med Clin (Barc) (in Spanish; Castilian). 109 (17): 651–5. PMID 9488952.
  5. Complications of myelofibrosis. US National Library of Medicine 2016. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000531.htm. Accessed on March 7, 2016
  6. Signs and symptoms of myelofibrosis. Wikipedia 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelofibrosis. Accessed on March 7, 2016
  7. Kelle, Bayram; Yıldız, Fatih; Paydas, Semra; Bagır, Emine Kılıc; Ergin, Melek; Kozanoglu, Erkan (2015). "Coexistence of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy and myelofibrosis". Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (English Edition). doi:10.1016/j.rbre.2014.11.004. ISSN 2255-5021.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Disease overview of primary myelofibrosis. National cancer institute 2016. http://www.cancer.gov/types/myeloproliferative/hp/chronic-treatment-pdq#section/_9. Accessed on March 10, 2016
  9. Complications of primary myelofibrosis. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Yuranga Weerakkody et al. Radiopaedia 2016. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/myelofibrosis. Accessed on March 10, 2016


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