bone marrow biopsy partially clotted

[btu]

My bone marrow aspirate result says partially clotted, not representative. Does this happen often? Have you seen that? Does it mean I may needs to redo the biopsy?

[graham-c]

I have no medical knowledge but I have noticed that when the hospital takes my regular ‘bloods’ they include a phial containing an anti-coagulant. Most likely coagulation is down to some storage failure. Presumably they will retry and you’d have expected them to tell you when they gave you the result.

This is my own opinion based on having no medical knowledge.

[blobgob]

You should ask these questions of your consultant!

It certainly sounds as if there was an issue with your sample.

It does also happen with regular blood samples if the blood is not properly mixed when first added to the tube, but this does not happen often.

So speak to your consultant and get him to explain the results to you.

[btu]

Thanks. The doctor said there was another spare sample. Hopefully, the spare sample can be analysed. Fingers crossed.

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