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NICO Necropsy Case, JOPM 1999 Album -- Figure #6b

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Ischemic Myelofibrosis
(Reticular Fatty Degeneration)

Wispy marrow fibrosis interspersed with residual adipocytes seems to flow between and around the fat cells.  This is the classic change (adipocytes-to-
fibroblasts-to-fibrosis) of chronic marrow ischemia, according to animal studies. Occasional chronic inflammatory cells are seen and the bone is partially delaminated.  The sinusoid along the trabecula is dilated. 

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