Objective: To find out the frequency of involvement of bone marrow by non – haematological disorders in our institution and to evaluate the role of bone marrow aspiration and biopsy in diagnosing these disorders. Materials & Methods: It was a retrospective study that extended from January 2013 to December 2016. A total of 339 bone marrow aspirates and trephine biopsies were performed during thi...

Six patients with disseminated Hodgkin's disease resistant to MOPP (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisolone), and ABVD (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine) chemotherapy were treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous marrow transplantation. The patients first underwent marrow aspiration and storage for subsequent autologous bone marrow transplant...

background: langerhans' cell histiocytosis (lch) is a reactive proliferative disease of unknown pathogenesis characterized by proliferation of langerhans cells. involvement of bone marrow (bm), liver and lung are related to high risk factors and poor survival. the aim of this report is to highlight the clinical and haematological findings of 5 cases of lch with bm infiltration which may help to...