Bone Marrow (for acquired)

Arrangements should be made with the laboratory before sending bone marrow.

Obtain 3 cc of first-draw aspirate in a bone marrow media tube available from our lab or a green-top Vacutainer^® with sodium heparin. Send the specimen at room temperature. Label tube with patient name and medical record number. (Do NOT use lithium heparin green-top Vacutainer^®). DO NOT FREEZE OR CENTRIFUGE THE SPECIMEN.

Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection. After hours specimens should be taken to Specimen Control. For questions after hours, call (319) 356-1616 and ask the operator to page the cytogenetics on-call staff at pager #5525.

Specimens accepted in the lab Monday-Friday, 0800-1700.

Preliminary report is generally given within 24-48 hours in most cases. If you want preliminary results over the weekend (or holiday) on specimens received on Friday, please notify the lab. Otherwise, preliminary results are given on Monday. Allow two weeks for final results.

Male: 46,XY Female: 46,XX

Epic code: CYT51

The specimen can be processed to rule out both acquired chromosomal abnormalities (in hematological malignancies) as well as constitutional abnormalities.

Shivanand R. Patil Cytogenetics & Molecular Laboratory Website

88237, 88262, 88291

See also:
Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH-Bone Marrow), Bone Marrow, Hematologic Malignancies, Lymph Node, Fine-Needle Aspirate, Pleural Effusion, CSF

See Additional Information:
Cytogenetics and Molecular Testing