Bone and bone marrow involvement in neuroblastoma

Bone Involvement in Neuroblastoma

bone involvement in neuroblastoma

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The Role of Bone Marrow Aspiration and Bone Marrow Biopsy in Diagnosis of Bone Marrow Metastases

Background: Bone marrow is the site of many malignant disorders and it is one of the common places for solid tumors to metastasize. Examination of the bone marrow aspirate and biopsy is a routine procedure performed for assessment of various conditions such as cytopenias, hematologic neoplasms, nonmalignant disorders and metastatic neoplasms. Methods: The patients were referred to the Hema...

Bone and Bone Marrow Involvement in Sarcoidosis

To the Editor, We report a 52-year-old male patient with bone marrow and skeletal system involvement of sarcoidosis. In sarcoidosis, while bone involvement occurs at a rate of 10%-15%, iliac bone and bone marrow involvement is less common [1,2]. A 52-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic with increased lower back pain with activity for the last 2 months. The patient occasionally coug...

Bone marrow involvement in sarcoidosis.

A 36-year-old woman presented with joint pain and swelling, not improving with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Plain radiographs of feet, ankles, pelvis and lumbar spine were unremarkable. To rule out seronegative spondylarthropathy, MRI of the sacro-iliac joints (SIJ) was performed. The SIJ were normal, but multiple, nodular zones of bone marrow replacement were seen within the iliac and...