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What are the differences between a bone marrow biopsy and aspiration?
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Nothing...: They are literally one and the same... The aspiration is the procedure... And then the pathologist looks at the sample as a biopsy specimen.
Answered 6/24/2015
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Level of detail: Bone marrow aspiration is similar to looking at a blood smear where cells are viewed individually and stainned. Bone marrow biopsy is a tissue sample with bone and the cells around it and it is more informative than a simple aspiration and will be diagnostic more often.
Answered 7/1/2017
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