Sep

20

2021

What are the criteria for diagnosis of essential thrombocythemia?

By William Aird

World Health Organization requires 4 major criteria or first three major criteria + 1 minor criterion.

Major:  

  • Sustained platelet count > 450 × 109/L
  • Bone marrow biopsy with characteristic changes
  • Not meeting WHO criteria for BCR-ABL+ CML, PV, PMF, myelodysplastic syndromes, or other myeloid neoplasm
  • Presence of JAK2CALR, or MPL mutation

Minor: presence of clonal marker or absence of evidence for secondary thrombocytosis

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