Oncohematology

Bone Marrow Erythroid Lineage in Multiple Myeloma

Clinical case of bone marrow analysis after multiple myeloma treatment: erythroid lineage expansion to 47.5%, binucleated normoblasts, and mitoses.

Patient, 71 years old, diagnosed with multiple myeloma.

Complete blood count:

RBC 3.6×10^12/L

HGB 128 g/L

WBC 4.0 g/L

PLT 210×10^9/L

ESR 18 mm/hour.

In the control bone marrow aspirate, after a course of treatment, the erythroid lineage of hematopoiesis is expanded to 47.5% (normal range 14.5-26.5). Binucleated erythrokaryocytes (photo 2, 3) and mitotic figures (photo 5) are observed.

🙏 The publication was kindly provided by KDL physician Nana Novikova, CHUZ “CB” RZD-Medicine, Smolensk.