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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Shyam Patel [2]
Overview
Other diagnostic studies for polycythemia vera include bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy.[1]
Other diagnostic studies
Other diagnostic studies for polycythemia vera include:
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![Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. After a small area of skin is numbed, a Jamshidi needle (a long, hollow needle) is inserted into the patient’s hip bone. Samples of blood, bone, and bone marrow are removed for examination under a microscope.[2]](/images/e/e4/CDR554337-274.jpg)
Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. After a small area of skin is numbed, a Jamshidi needle (a long, hollow needle) is inserted into the patient’s hip bone. Samples of blood, bone, and bone marrow are removed for examination under a microscope.[2]
![Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. After a small area of skin is numbed, a Jamshidi needle (a long, hollow needle) is inserted into the patient’s hip bone. Samples of blood, bone, and bone marrow are removed for examination under a microscope.[2]](/index.php/File:CDR554337-274.jpg)
References
- ↑ Canadian Cancer Society.2015.http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/leukemia/leukemia/polycythemia-vera/?region=ab
- ↑ National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015.http://www.cancer.gov/types/leukemia/patient/cml-treatment-pdq