Some opinions of the myelogram in 2,445 cases implemented in the Ho Chi Minh center for Hematology and Blood Transfusion

ABSTRACT

Compiling 2,445 bone marrow aspiration cytology done at hematology department of HCM city and Blood Transfuson Centre (between Mar 1996-Aug 1998) we found the following results. -Acute leukemia 737 cases (30.1%) -Myelohyperplasia syndrome 132 cases (5.4%). - Aplastic anemia 98 cases (4%). - Myelodysplasia 49 cases (22%). -Lympho profilerative disease 41 cases (1.7%). - Megaloblastic anemia 14 cases (0,6%).- Cancer metastasis 26 cases (1.1%). - Extramedullary disorders 1,100 cases (45%) - Normal Bone marrow cytology 213 cases (8.7%). Needle bone marrow aspiration technic, simple, nearly without complication, now still has remained the major diagnostic test for hematology disorders.