Bone marrow involvement in non-hodgkin's lymphoma

الملخص EN

A prospective study done over a period of 12 months on 30 patients aged 15 to 70 years with initial tissue biopsies of NHL who were seen at the Baghdad Teaching Hospital.

Trephine and aspiration BM biopsy were performed with routine evaluation including CBC.

All biopsies were classified according to the commonly used classification system, international Working Formulation.

Patients are staged according to the Ann-Arbor staging system.

Intermediate grade NHL (IGL) comprised the most common type of NHL (43.3%); high grade NHL (HGL) comprised (36.7%); low grade NHL (LGL) comprised the least common type (20.0%).

BM was involved in 10 patients out of 30 patients with NHL (33.3%) LGL exhibited a higher incidence of involvement (50.0%) than did patients with IGL (30.8%) and HGL (27.2%),.

Hematological abnormalities were observed frequently with and without BM involvement.