Non-neoplastic glandular structures in bone marrow: a technical artefact. Issue 12 (December 1995)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McCluggage, W G; Clarke, R; Bharucha, H
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical pathology. Volume 48:Issue 12(1995)
• Page Start: 1141
• Page End: 1142
• Publication Date: 1995-12
• Subjects: Pathology -- Periodicals; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; 616.0705
• DOI: 10.1136/jcp.48.12.1141
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9746

Abstract

Abstract : A case of non-neoplastic glandular structures embedded in the centre of a bone marrow trephine biopsy is described. This is a hitherto unreported phenomenon. These glandular structures originated from the dermal sweat gland and represented an artefactual lesion produced by the biopsy procedure. The importance of considering the possibility of non-neoplastic glandular structures in bone marrow is stressed, in order to avoid a misdiagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma.