BACKGROUND Dry tap is an annoying experience in bone marrow (BM) findings, especially in cases where the diagnosis may hinge on BM findings. This study was conducted to determine, on, the basis of bone marrow (BM) trephine biopsy, the frequency of various underlying conditions causing a dry tap, among different age groups. METHODS It was a descriptive study carried out at PAF hospital Mianwal...

chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) and chronic myeloid leukemia (cml) are the most common leukemias of the elderly (>43 year). however, the sequential occurrence of cml followed by cll in the same patient is extremely rare. in our report, a 52-year-old female was diagnosed with cll (type of bone marrow (bm) infiltration was nodular and interstitial) and was treated with chlorambucil. 64 months ...

Failure to obtain sufficient material from marrow aspiration (dry tap) posed a diagnostic problem in two patients with pancytopenia. By using collagenase digestion of the trephine biopsy specimen, a precise diagnosis was reached. This technique is very useful because it permits flow cytometric and immunocytochemical analyses of cell suspensions obtained after collagenase digestion of the trephi...

W e present herein data showing for the first time to our knowledge that dry iontophoresis rapidly induces anhidrosis during current application in individuals with hyperhidrosis. This finding provides a novel experimental model for evaluating treatments of hyperhidrosis and determining their mechanism of action. Tap water iontophoresis, during which the patient’s hands are soaked in shallow pa...

A dry tap obtained on bone marrow aspiration is considered a failure to aspirate particles. However, it often related an underlying pathology that hinders successful of hematopoietic cells. In this retrospective analysis, 2768 aspirates and trephine biopsies were reviewed. Of these, 223 patients with aspirations which yielded no particles (dry tap) included in the study. Patients whom adequate ...