- Container
- Lavender top AND 4 slides
- Component
- Bone Marrow Cytology, CBC slides, and/or lavender top containing bone marrow aspirate. Whole blood in a lavender top tube that was obtained at the time or within 24 hours of the bone marrow sampling.
- Specimen
- 1 mL whole blood and bone marrow slides
- Description
- This test includes a microscopic evaluation of bone marrow. The report includes descriptions of cellularity, assessment of cell lineage, and pathologist comments. The CBC submitted at the time of the bone marrow sampling is utilized in the interpretation of the bone marrow evaluation to allow for a more complete assessment of the hematopoietic system. A detailed history and time course of events will further aid the pathologist in the interpretation of the findings.