title: Sternal-manubrial separation as a complication of marrow aspiration in a patient with protein-calorie malnutrition and osteoporosis.
abstract: A simple needle aspiration of marrow from the sternum was performed in a middle-aged woman with severe protein-calorie malnutrition and osteoporosis. Though carefully performed, a separation of the sternal-manubrial junction occurred with pain but no other serious sequelae. The subject of complications from marrow aspiration for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Eastlund
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008371:Manubrium / Q000293:injuries*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries*