PGY-1 @BCM_PathRes, Med tech to med school to pathology. Interested in global health, medical education.
May 17, 2020 • 21 tweets • 12 min read
Instead of my normal #GTScase, I wanted to look at the morphology of pediatric bone marrows for #hemepath. Following @CArnold_GI ‘s advice, I am going to make these unknowns. Let's take a look! 👀
First, let’s review normal bone marrow morphology on core biopsies and aspirates. 1) Cellularity (% of cells in the space between trabeculae) 2) Trilineage hematopoiesis (megakaryocytes, granulocytes, erythrocytes) with myeloid:erythroid ratio (M:E) 3) Presence of blasts