European Consensus Score For Bone Marrow Fibrosis

**Semantic type:** Classification

**Definition:** A score based on the European Consensus scale, a grading system for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of bone marrow fibrosis with a score ranging from zero (normal bone marrow) to three (coarse bundles of collagen fibrosis, usually associated with significant osteosclerosis). (Thiele J, Kvasnicka HM, Facchetti F, Franco V, van der Walt J, Orazi A. European consensus on grading bone marrow fibrosis and assessment of cellularity. Haematologica. 2005 Aug;90(8):1128-32.)

**Synonyms:** - EUROPEAN CONSENSUS SCORE