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Bone marrow aspiration cytology comments is
Bone marrow aspirate smears with normocellular particles and trails.
Erythropoiesis is normoblastic in maturation
Myelopoiesis shows progressive maturation sequences
Lymphocytes are in normal range
There is plasmacytosis with mature forms and occasional plasma cell aggregates.
Megakaryocytes are just adequate and normal in morphology.
Iron stores are adequte 3+
Peripheral smear normocytic normo chromic rbcs with increase rouleaux formation.
Plz explain
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Dr. Preetam Kumar Jain
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18 yrs exp
Mumbai
The above bone marrow picture is suspicious of plasma cell neoplasm likely multiple myeloma.
I would like to know the percentage of plasma cells in the bone marrow picture ?Also increase rouleaux formation is seen in multiple myeloma.Require further clinical details to arrive at a diagnosis.
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Free light chain assay
serum protein electrophoresis
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beta 2 microglobulin levels
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