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Comments and Correction1 July 1975Bilateral Bone-Marrow BiopsyNORMAN HELMAN, M.D.NORMAN HELMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-83-1-122 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Brunning and associates (Ann Intern Med 82:365-366, 1975) advocate bilateral bone marrow biopsy in staging lymphomas and other neoplasms. To support their contention, they cite the "minimal discomfort" of the procedure and some very impressive percentages derived from their data.I find their conclusion misleading. The Jamshidi needle biopsy is often more than minimally uncomfortable. In all cases, two biopsies are twice as painful as one. To justify the additional procedure, what are the chances that it will give additional information not provided by the first biopsy? Using their data, one can derive the answer of 4.2%...Reference1. JAMSHIDISWAIN KW: Bone marrow biopsy with unaltered architecture: a new biopsy devise. J Lab Clin Med 77:335-342, 1971 MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: NORMAN HELMAN, M.D.Affiliations: Department of Internal Medicine Southern California Permanente Medical Group Panorama City, California 91402 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBone Marrow Biopsy for the Staging of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Bilateral or Unilateral Trephine Biopsy?Assessment of bone marrow histology in Hodgkin's disease: correlation with clinical factorsAssessment of bone marrow histology in Hodgkin's disease: correlation with clinical factorsFrequencies and patterns of bone marrow involvement in non-hodgkin lymphomas: Observations on the value of bilateral biopsies 1 July 1975Volume 83, Issue 1Page: 122-123KeywordsBiopsyBone marrowLymphoma ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1975 PDF downloadLoading ...
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