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Clinical Pathology Laboratory - Available Test
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Bone Marrow Cytology Report
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| An example of our bone marrow report is indicated at the bottom
of the page. For all bone marrows (f we have sufficient slides), we
perform morphologic evaluation using Wright-Giemsa stained smears
and an assessment of bone marrow iron using Prussian blue-stained
smears. Further specialized procedures, such as cytochemical evaluation,
can be performed on selected patients, when requested. |
Bone marrow aspirate from a cat with acute myeloid leukemia. The
bone marrow is totally replaced by a population of blasts. These
were monoblasts on the basis of cytochemical staining. A single
megakaryocyte (red arrow), neutrophil (black arrow) and nucleated
red blood cell (blue arrowhead) can be seen. |
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| For all bone marrows, we must have access to hemogram results collected
on the same day as the bone marrow sample. These results can be provided
to us as hard copies if performed in-house (for our DL clients), however
we prefer to perform our own hemograms or at the very least blood
smear examinations. There have been many occasions on which we have
detected something diagnostic in peripheral blood smears, not specified
in the hemogram report provided to us. For this reason, for all bone
marrow submissions, please provide peripheral blood in EDTA with 2-3
freshly dried unstained air-dried unfixed blood smears. |
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