Crucial differential diagnoses of Ph− MPN are the category of myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with eosinophilia and gene rearrangement of PDGFRA, PDGFRB or FGFR1, or with PCM1-JAK2, and myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN). The gene discussed is JAK2; the disease is lymphoid neoplasm.