title: [Retrospective study on CT findings on the sternal bone after bone marrow aspiration procedure in hematological patients].
abstract: We retrospectively studied the CT findings of sternal bone in 129 patients with hematological diseases who underwent bone marrow aspiration in Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital between August 2005 and July 2007. Sternal findings demonstrated sternal foramen (3 cases), incomplete fracture (1 case) and irregularity and decreased bone density of the visceral cortical bone (first intercostal space: 66 cases, third intercostal space: 3 cases). Irregularity and decreased bone density of the visceral cortical bone were significantly related to findings of decreased bone density in the third lumbar spine, indicating osteoporosis. These findings suggest that sternal bones demonstrated various bone diseases such as sternal foramen, fracture and osteoporosis, and that bone marrow aspiration from sternal bones might not be as safe as previously thought.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transfusion Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Shigeko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed