In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up inside bone marrow -- the spongy tissue inside large bones where blood ...

Aspiration means the doctor or nurse draws some liquid bone marrow up into a syringe. A bone marrow trephine biopsy means they remove a very thin 1 or 2cm long core of bone marrow in one piece. You ...

another attempt at bone marrow aspiration can be made at the same site or in the contralateral appendage. Once an adequate sample is obtained, a stained and an unstained slide are submitted to a ...