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What Is Dry Tap Associated With?
ask_question - 08-31-10 05:23
Q.Dry tap is seen in which of the following disease?
A. myelofibrosis
B. hairy cell leukemia.
C. both
D. neither of these
ask_question - 08-31-10 05:23
Q.Dry tap is seen in which of the following disease?
A. myelofibrosis
B. hairy cell leukemia.
C. both
D. neither of these
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Re: What Is Dry Tap Associated With? bingousmle - 09-21-10 09:21 myelofibrosis is associated with dry tap as far as i can remember.. not sure about hairy cell leukemia though. why dont you use the MCQ feature.. its great!
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Re: What Is Dry Tap Associated With? babbu5508 - 01-18-11 06:18 Failure to obtain bone marrow on attempted marrow aspiration, "dry tap," has commonly been ascribed to faulty technique. The most frequent diagnoses were metastatic carcinoma (17.2%), chronic myelogenous leukemia (14.9%), idiopathic myelofibrosis (13.8%), and hairy cell leukemia (10.3%).
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Re: What Is Dry Tap Associated With? babbu5508 - 01-19-11 00:41 Bone marrow examination is used in the diagnosis of a number of conditions, including leukemia, multiple myeloma, lymphoma, anemia, and pancytopenia.
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