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Article: Reactive Versus Neoplastic Bone Marrow: Problems and Pitfalls
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- Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright College of American Pathologists Apr 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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* Examination of the bone marrow poses several unique challenges to the pathologist: it is a semisolid organ without helpful gross correlation, it exists in a dynamic state with the peripheral blood and other organs of the lymphohemopoietic system, and the diagnosis of diseases affecting bone marrow often depends heavily on ancillary special studies. The bone marrow examination ideally encompasses review of the bone marrow biopsy histology (with or without additional nondecalcified clot preparation material), bone marrow aspirate smear cytology, and the peripheral blood smear; optimal procurement and processing of these samples is critical in ensuring that a maximal level of diagnostic ...
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......11-01-2003 November marks National Bone Marrow Awareness Month in the United States. Rocky Twyman, a bone marrow activist and former Atlanta who now...this occasion with a major citywide bone marrow drive in Atlanta on November 2. Since...
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