Non-neoplastic glandular structures in bone marrow: a technical artefact.
A case of non-neoplastic glandular structures embedded in the centre of a bone marrow trephine biopsy is described. This is a hitherto unreported phenomenon. These glandular structures originated from the dermal sweat gland and represented an artefactual lesion produced by the biopsy procedure. The importance of considering the possibility of non-neoplastic glandular structures in bone marrow is stressed, in order to avoid a misdiagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma.
McCluggage
W G
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Department of Pathology, Royal Hospitals Trust, Belfast.
Clarke
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Bharucha
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D016477:Artifacts; D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D019046:Bone Marrow Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000473:pathology*