Explain bone marrow procedures

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Explain Bone Marrow Procedures

• Three main reasons for performing a bone marrow evaluation:

1. In pts. with solid malignant tumors (Ex., lymphomas, carcinomas & sarcomas, with possible "mets" to bone marrow)

2. As part of initial workup of unexplained ↑ or ↓ in RBCs, WBCs, &/or pits. 3. As part of differential diagnosis workup for infections that manifest clinically as "fevers of unknown origin" Three Findings Used to Verify Bone Marrow Has Been Obtained (rather than p.b.)

• Presence of:

? Fat droplets

? Bone spicules

? Very immature hematopoietic cells.

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