Bone marrow examination

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• Bone marrow examination is necessary for confirmation or exclusion of haematological malignancies.
• Often it is practical to refer the patient to such hospital outpatient clinic where also other investigations, such as flowcytometric analysis and/or cytomolecular genetic testing, can be performed. Factors to be taken into account when choosing the investigation place include experience of the staff in the respective location, patient's age, suspected disease and distance to the hospital.
• Peripheral blood smear and bone marrow iron stain are routinely examined together with the bone marrow examination. If necessary, bone marrow examination is supplemented with trephine biopsy (histological bone marrow specimen).

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Bone Marrow Examination, Child, Haematology, Internal medicine, Trephining, bone marrow aspiration, crista biopsy, sternal puncture