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I am under a haematologist at the moment for pancytopenia, and have had a bone marrow biopsy done, but the test has been inconclusive and has been crushed? what does this mean? does it mean the biopsy is inadequate? because i was told i may have to have a

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No answer yet.: In a biopsy, the term inconclusive would be used to describe a result that is not independently and reliably diagnostic of the disease process under consideration. The biopsy may have to be done again, perhaps with a larger sample.

Answered 4/17/2018

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A member asked:

I am under a haematologist at the moment for pancytopenia, and have had a bone marrow biopsy done, but the test has been inconclusive and has been crushed? what does this mean? does it mean the biopsy is inadequate? because i was told i may have to have a

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