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Detection of bone marrow infiltration by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma — Comparison of histological findings, analysis of gene rearrangements, and examination by magnetic resonance imaging

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The histological examination of bone marrow specimens is one of the standard procedures in staging non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

To investigate the validity of a conventional unilateral iliac crest biopsy, we performed a prospective study comparing histological findings with analysis of gene rearrangements in bone marrow samples and magnetic resonance imaging of bone marrow. Twenty-seven consecutive patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (ten with high grade, seventeen with low grade) were studied. In twelve patients, histological examination revealed bone marrow infiltration. Results of histology and magnetic resonance imaging were discordant in three of the twenty-seven patients. With magnetic resonance imaging, suspected infiltration was found in two patients without histological evidence for bone marrow involvement in the disease. In one patient, an infiltration was described by histology but MRI revealed no pathological findings. In this case, DNA analysis confirmed bone marrow infiltration by detection of a clonal rearrangement of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene.

Analysis of gene rearrangements was performed in ten patients. As examined by histology, five of them had bone marrow involvement in the disease and five had not. In all these cases, analysis of gene rearrangements confirmed the histological findings.

Our data show that, despite the small volume of bone marrow specimens, the sensitivity of an iliac lymphoma.

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Abbreviations

BM:

bone marrow

DNA:

deoxyribonucleic acid

MRI:

magnetic resonance imaging

NHL:

non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

ROI:

regions of interest

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  1. Abteilung Innere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Hämatologie und Onkologie, Klinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, FRG

    W. U. Knauf

  2. Institut für Radiologie und Pathophysiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg, FRG

    F. Gückel & W. Semmler

  3. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V der Universität Heidelberg, FRG

    H. Döhner & L. Trümper

  4. Northeastern Cancer Research Program, University of Ottawa, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

    A. D. Ho

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Knauf, W.U., Gückel, F., Döhner, H. et al. Detection of bone marrow infiltration by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma — Comparison of histological findings, analysis of gene rearrangements, and examination by magnetic resonance imaging. Klin Wochenschr 69, 345–350 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02115781

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