How is myelofibrosis diagnosed?
Usually by a physician noticing low red cell counts and perhaps other abnormal blood counts such as elevated white cell and/or platelet count during a routine exam or as a result of an examination to determine the cause of a patient’s complaints of feeling more tired than usual or that their abdomen is tender and enlarged or bloated (this comes from the enlarged spleen), bruising, etc. An alert doctor will request a full blood screen which will identify that some elements of the blood counts are abnormal and may follow up with an abdominal ultrasound or other scan before sending a patient to a haematologist for further work-up. To be sure of the diagnosis a bone marrow biopsy is required to test the state of the marrow itself and provide conclusive evidence of the disorder.3.
Usually by a physician noticing low red cell counts and perhaps other abnormal blood counts such as elevated white cell and/or platelet count during a routine exam or as a result of an examination to determine the cause of a patient’s complaints of feeling more tired than usual or that their abdomen is tender and enlarged or bloated (this comes from the enlarged spleen), bruising, etc. An alert doctor will request a full blood screen which will identify that some elements of the blood counts are abnormal and may follow up with an abdominal ultrasound or other scan before sending a patient to a haematologist for further work-up. To be sure of the diagnosis a bone marrow biopsy is required to test the state of the marrow itself and provide conclusive evidence of the disorder. 3.
