Umberto Gianelli1, Stefano Fiori1, Daniele Cattaneo2,3, Anna Bossi4, Ivan Cortinovis4, Arturo Bonometti1, Giulia Ercoli1, Cristina Bucelli2,3, Nicola Orofino2,3, Gaetano Bulfamante5, Alessandra Iurlo2,3. 1. Division of Pathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan and IRCCS Ca' Granda, Maggiore Policlinico Hospital Foundation, Milan, Italy. 2. Hematology Division, IRCCS Ca' Granda, Maggiore Policlinico Hospital Foundation, Milan, Italy. 3. Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. 4. Laboratory GA Maccacaro, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. 5. Division of Pathology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan and San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Abstract
AIMS: To evaluate whether a comprehensive histological evaluation of reticulin fibrosis, collagen deposition and osteosclerosis in bone marrow trephine biopsies (BMBs) of primary myelofibrosis (PMF) patients may have prognostic implications. METHODS AND RESULTS: Reticulin fibrosis, collagen deposition and osteosclerosis were graded from 0 to 3 in a series of 122 baseline BMBs. Then, we assigned to each case a comprehensive score [reticulin, collagen, osteosclerosis (RCO) score, ranging from 0 to 9] that allowed us to distinguish two groups of patients, with low-grade (RCO score 0-4) and high-grade (RCO score 5-9) stromal changes. Of 122 patients, 88 displayed a low-grade and 34 a high-grade RCO score. The latter was associated more frequently with anaemia, thrombocytopenia, peripheral blood blasts and increased lactate dehydrogenase levels. The RCO score was correlated strictly with overall mortality (P = 0.013) and International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) risk categories, and was able to discriminate the overall survival of both low- and high-grade patients (log-rank test: P < 0.001). Moreover, it proved to be more accurate than the European Consensus on Grading of Bone Marrow Fibrosis (ECGMF grade) in identifying high-risk patients with poor prognosis. Finally, a combined analysis of RCO scores and IPSS risk categories in an integrated clinical-pathological evaluation was able to increase the positive predictive value (PPV) for mortality in high-risk patients. CONCLUSION: The comprehensive RCO score, obtained by histological evaluation of reticulin fibrosis, collagen deposition and osteosclerosis was prognostically significant and more accurate than ECGMF grade in identifying high-risk patients and improved PPV when applied in addition to IPSS.
AIMS: To evaluate whether a comprehensive histological evaluation of reticulin fibrosis, collagen deposition and osteosclerosis in bone marrow trephine biopsies (BMBs) of primary myelofibrosis (PMF) patients may have prognostic implications. METHODS AND RESULTS:Reticulin fibrosis, collagen deposition and osteosclerosis were graded from 0 to 3 in a series of 122 baseline BMBs. Then, we assigned to each case a comprehensive score [reticulin, collagen, osteosclerosis (RCO) score, ranging from 0 to 9] that allowed us to distinguish two groups of patients, with low-grade (RCO score 0-4) and high-grade (RCO score 5-9) stromal changes. Of 122 patients, 88 displayed a low-grade and 34 a high-grade RCO score. The latter was associated more frequently with anaemia, thrombocytopenia, peripheral blood blasts and increased lactate dehydrogenase levels. The RCO score was correlated strictly with overall mortality (P = 0.013) and International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) risk categories, and was able to discriminate the overall survival of both low- and high-grade patients (log-rank test: P < 0.001). Moreover, it proved to be more accurate than the European Consensus on Grading of Bone Marrow Fibrosis (ECGMF grade) in identifying high-risk patients with poor prognosis. Finally, a combined analysis of RCO scores and IPSS risk categories in an integrated clinical-pathological evaluation was able to increase the positive predictive value (PPV) for mortality in high-risk patients. CONCLUSION: The comprehensive RCO score, obtained by histological evaluation of reticulin fibrosis, collagen deposition and osteosclerosis was prognostically significant and more accurate than ECGMF grade in identifying high-risk patients and improved PPV when applied in addition to IPSS.
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