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Table 3 Table presenting interpretation-based BMB marrow length for different cases

From: A prospective survey on trephine biopsy of bone and bone marrow: an experience with 274 Indian patients’ biopsies

Trephine biopsy interpretation

No. of cases

Percentage (%)

Minimum bone marrow length (cm)

Maximum bone marrow length (cm)

Average length (cm)

Standard deviation

Myeloproliferative neoplasm

39

14.23

0.3

4

2.20

1.0

Lymphoma

23

8.39

0.5

3

1.80

0.76

Multiple myeloma

23

8.39

0.2

3.2

2.0

0.72

Acute leukemia

73

26.64

0.2

4.3

1.93

0.78

Myelodysplastic syndrome

7

2.55

1

2.6

1.51

0.63

Aplastic anemia

16

5.83

0.5

3.1

1.84

0.81

Other interpretation

93

33.94

0.4

4

1.86

0.83