Relative value of sternal aspiration, iliac crest biopsy and biopsy imprint in the diagnosis of secondary cancer involvement of the bone marrow.
Sternal aspirates, iliac crest biopsies and biopsy imprints from 31 patients with verified metastatic cancer to bone marrow were reviewed. All three methods were shown to be complementary, as cancer cell deposits were detected in some cases by one procedure and missed by the others.
D001706:Biopsy; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013249:Sternum / Q000473:pathology