A bone marrow aspiration is a medical procedure in which a small amount of liquid bone marrow is removed using a thin needle and suction. The sample is then spread onto glass slides so that the individual cells can be examined under a microscope by a pathologist. Because the aspiration provides a detailed look at …
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A trephine biopsy is a medical procedure used to take a small, solid piece of bone marrow tissue so that it can be examined under a microscope. The bone marrow is the soft, spongy tissue inside bones where most blood cells are made. Pathologists use the sample from a trephine biopsy to see how the …
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A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure in which a small sample of bone marrow is taken so that it can be examined under a microscope by a pathologist. The bone marrow is the soft tissue found inside bones, and it is where most of your blood cells are made. By looking at a …
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Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a group of blood cancers that affect the bone marrow, the spongy tissue inside bones where new blood cells are made. In MDS, the bone marrow produces blood cells that do not develop or function properly, so many are destroyed before they can do their job. As a result, people with …
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A plasma cell neoplasm is a group of related diseases that begin when plasma cells, a type of immune cell found in the bone marrow, start growing abnormally. Normal plasma cells make immunoglobulins (antibodies) that help the body fight infections. In a plasma cell neoplasm, one group of plasma cells grows more than it should …
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