Abstract
We have subsequently observed another case of CSF marrow contamination after difficult lumbar puncture in a 4-month-old infant. Clumps of osteoblasts and a bone chip were seen in the cytocentrifuge preparations. REFERENCES 1. Krushall M, Carter S, Ritz L: Contamination of cerebrospinal fluid by vertebral bone-marrow cells during lumbar puncture. N Engl J Med 308:697, 1983. 2. Minton S, Steichen J, Tsang R: Decreased bone mineral content in small-for-gestational age infants compared with appropriate-for-gestational-age infants; normal serum 25hydroxyvitamin D and decreasing parathyroid hormone. J P~:OIA'rR 71:383, 1983. 3. Minton S, Steichcn J, Tsang R: Bone mineral content in term and preterm appropriate-for-gestational-age infants. J PEDIATR 95:1037, 1979.
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