Open AccessIncidence and Prognostic Implication of Bone Marrow Involvement in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Author(s) -
Rimpi Bansal,
Parvinder Kaur,
Jatin Sarin,
Anureet Kaur,
Akshita Sarin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of pathology and laboratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-6466
pISSN - 2349-6983
DOI - 10.21276/apalm.3010
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , bone marrow , incidence (geometry) , stage (stratigraphy) , biopsy , disease , bone marrow examination , pathology , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
- : Conducting Bone marrow examination in a Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL) patient at the time of diagnosis is done routinely to determine the stage of the disease. The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence and prognosis of bone marrow involvement in patients with Hodgkins lymphoma, retrospectively.
Materials and Patients: Ten patients of Hodgkins lymphoma were incorporated in the current study. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy was done in all ten cases as part of staging procedure.
Results: Three patients showed involvement of bone marrow by Hodgkin’s lymphoma and both the patients had clinically poor outcome.
Discussion and Conclusion: Bone marrow examination is important in stage II and III of Hodgkin”s lymphoma because positive result will upstage the disease. Also, bone marrow involvement indicates an aggressive disease and poor prognosis for the patient.