FREQUENCY OF HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS BASED ON REVIEW OF BONE MARROW ASPIRATION AND TREPHINE BIOPSY FINDINGS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v10i01.291Keywords:
Leukemia, Hemolytic anemia, megaloblastic anemia, Primary myelofibrosis.Abstract
Objective: To determine the frequency of various hematological disorders by using bone marrow aspirate and biopsy in a tertiary care hospital.
Materials & Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study, conducted in Pathology Department of Khyber Medical College and Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar. Duration of the study is one year i.e from January 2017 to December 2017. All the patients referred to the pathology department for bone marrow aspiration were included in the study. The diagnoses were noted and results were drawn accordingly.
Results: Out of 300 patients, about 105 (35%) cases were diagnosed as having leukemias. This was followed by megaloblastic anemia which was seen in 75 (25%) cases, Idiopathc Thrombocytopenic purpura which was seen in about 51 patients (17%) cases. Metastatic infiltration and leshmeniasis were seen in 3(1%) case each.
Conclusion: Leukemia was the commonest malignant hematological disorder in this study , followed by megaloblastic anemia, which was the commonest non malignant disorder.
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