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Large detached squamous epithelium in bone marrow biopsy. what does that mean?
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Large chunk of skin: A chunk of skin must have been sent along with the bone fragment from the biopsy. Squamous epithelium is the skin cell type found in the outer layer of skin (& on contiguous surfaces like the inside of your mouth). It looks distinct under the microscope. In some cases, squamous cell cancer can invade the bone marrow, but I doubt that it is your case because the cells were detached, not mixed in.
Answered 8/14/2015
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