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Bone marrow trephine biopsies from posterior superior iliac crest in neonates
Author(s) -
Bartakke Sandip,
Lukade Umesh,
Sethuratnam Shrividya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.28893
Subject(s) - medicine , trephine , iliac crest , bone marrow , biopsy , surgery , radiology , pathology
Cytopenias are common among neonates in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Although, bone marrow aspirations (BMAs) are often performed as part of diagnostic workup, but trephine bone marrow biopsies (BMBs) have not been reported from living neonates. BMB is indispensable to accurately assess the cellularity and architecture. There is paucity of literature regarding the technique of BMB in neonates. In this report, for the first time, we describe trephine BMB from posterior superior iliac crest (PSIC) using 18‐gauge BMA needle in six living neonates admitted to NICU where BMB findings helped in understanding the underlying mechanism and diagnosis of cytopenias.