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/sup 111/Indium bone marrow scintigraphy as an aid in selecting marrow biopsy sites for the evaluation of marrow elements in patients with lymphoma

Journal Article · · Cancer; (United States)
OSTI ID:7141638
One hundred and two previously treated lymphoma patients were studied with /sup 111/Indium bone marrow scans and bone marrow biopsies. The biopsies were considered to represent sampling errors when the cellularity of the biopsy did not reflect the general state of the marrow organ cellularity as demonstrated by the scan. In each instance the accuracy of the scan was confirmed by either another biopsy or the subsequent clinical course of the patient. Sampling errors were infrequent (1/51) in patients with normal peripheral blood counts and whose marrow had never been involved with tumor. Errors were especially likely (17/51) in patients who had had marrow involvement or those who had anemia, leukopenia, or thrombocytopenia. The /sup 111/Indium bone marrow scan allows the clinician to avoid selecting a biopsy site with a high risk for sampling error.
Research Organization:
Stanford Univ., CA
OSTI ID:
7141638
Journal Information:
Cancer; (United States), Journal Name: Cancer; (United States) Vol. 38:4; ISSN CANCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English