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Most myeloid cell lineages--granulocytic, monocytic, and megakaryocytic--were similarly distributed. One patient also had a hybrid (lymphoid-myeloid) phenotype. The morphological assessment of blast cells agreed with immunophenotyping in five out of the nine cases. The onset of the blastic phase was not related to previous treatment. CONCLUSIONS: A pluripotential stem cell with preferential myeloid commitment would be the target cell of blast transformation in idiopathic myelofibrosis. Our immunophenotypic data do not support the concept of a preferential association between megakaryocytic lineage and the acute transformation of idiopathic myelofibrosis. 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