Where is the marrow taken from in a bone biopsy? i need to have a bone biopsy. what bone is the marrow extracted from, and where is the incision?

One : One common area from where bone marrow biopsies are taken from is the iliac crest. The ilium is one of the bones in the pelvis and between the outer and inner harder or cortical portions of the bones there is softer, what we call cancellous bone from which the biopsy can be taken. If you feel the hard pelvic bone on your sides just below your abdomen, this is generally where this is taken from. In many cases this can be done percutaneously with a large bore needle rather than making a formal incision. Good luck!

See below : Posterior superior iliac spine is the usual location for sampling bone marrow.