Myelofibrosis

Introduction: Myelofibrosis

Description of Myelofibrosis

Myelofibrosis (medical condition): A rare condition where progressive scarring or fibrosis of the...more »

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Myelofibrosis: fibrosis of the bone marrow.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Myelofibrosis: A partial or complete replacement of the bone marrow stroma by fibrous tissue. It can be a primary bone marrow lesion as part of the chronic myeloproliferative disorders (chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis), a manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia (acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis), or a secondary phenomenon due to bone marrow involvement by a metastatic tumor (e.g., metastatic breast carcinoma). --2003
Source: Diseases Database

Myelofibrosis: replacement of the bone marrow by fibrous tissue, occurring in association with a myeloproliferative disorder or secondary to another unrelated condition.
Source: CRISP

Myelofibrosis: Replacement of the bone marrow by fibrous tissue, occurring in association with a myeloproliferative disorder or secondary to another, unrelated condition. (Dorland, 27th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Myelofibrosis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Myelofibrosis:

• Fibrosis
• Bone
• Bone symptoms (2907 causes)
• Bone disease (2907 causes)
• Bone disorder
• Bone pain (272 causes)
• Marrow
• Generalized
• Myeloid
• Metaplasia

Myelofibrosis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Myelofibrosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Myelofibrosis, or a subtype of Myelofibrosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Myelofibrosis as a Disease

Myelofibrosis (medical condition): See Myelofibrosis (disease information).
  »Introduction: Myelofibrosis
  »Symptoms of Myelofibrosis

Myelofibrosis: Related Diseases

Myelofibrosis: Myelofibrosis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Bone marrow conditions
• Blood conditions

More information on medical condition: Myelofibrosis:

• Information about Myelofibrosis
• Basic Summary for Myelofibrosis
• Symptoms of Myelofibrosis
• Complications of Myelofibrosis
• Misdiagnosis of Myelofibrosis

Myelofibrosis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Myelofibrosis:

• splenomegaly
• pneumonia
• myeloproliferative disease
• anemia

Terms associated with Myelofibrosis:

Terms Similar to Myelofibrosis:

• Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
• Heuck-Assmann disease
• Myelosclerosis

Source: Diseases Database

• Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
• Idiopathic myelofibrosis
• Myeloid metaplasia
• Primary myelofibrosis

Source - NIH

• Bone Marrow Fibrosis
• Fibrosis, Bone Marrow
• Myelosclerosis

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Myelofibrosis

• Myeloproliferative Disorders

Source - MeSH 2007

• bone marrow disorder

Source - CRISP

• fibrosis

Source - WordNet 2.1

The description of Myelofibrosis may also be used for the following terms:

• myelosclerosis

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Myelofibrosis

The following list attempts to classify Myelofibrosis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• fibrosis
• pathology
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases
  • Hematologic Diseases
    • Bone Marrow Diseases
      • Myeloproliferative Disorders
        • Myelofibrosis

External links related to: Myelofibrosis

• Myelofibrosis - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Heuck-Assmann disease (www.whonamedit.com)
• eMedicine - Myelofibrosis : Article by J Martin Johnston, MD
• National Cancer Institute - Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders Treatment

Source: Diseases Database

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