A European consensus report on blood cell identification: terminology utilized and morphological diagnosis concordance among 28 experts from 17 countries within the European LeukemiaNet network WP10, on behalf of the ELN Morphology Faculty
Gina Zini, Barbara Jane Bain, Peter Bettelheim, José Alberto Aguilar Cortez, Giuseppe d’Onofrio, Edgar Faber, Torsten Haferlach, Petra Kačírková, Krzysztof Cezary Lewandowski, Estella Matutes, Marc Maynadié, John Meletis, Bodil Laub Petersen, Anna Porwit, Evangelos Terpos, Andrée Tichelli, Teresa Vallespı́, Soledad Woessner, John M. Bennett, Marie C. Béné · British Journal of Haematology · 2010
This paper describes the methodology used to develop a consensual glossary for haematopoietic cells within Diagnostics-WP10 of European-LeukemiaNet EU-project. This highly interactive work was made possible through the use of the net, requiring only a single two-day meeting of actual confrontation and debate. It resulted in the production of a freely accessible tool that could be useful for training as well as harmonization of morphological reports in onco-haematology especially, without geographic limitation, not limited to European countries. Moreover, this collective work resulted in the production of a consensus statement, taking into account individual practices, collegial agreement and literature data.