Who Needs Bone Marrow Tests?
Your doctor may recommend bone marrow tests if he or she thinks you have a blood or bone marrow disease or condition, such as:
- Myelodysplastic (MI-eh-lo-dis-PLAST-ik) syndrome. This is a group of diseases in which your bone marrow doesn't make enough normal blood cells.
- Neutropenia (NU-tro-PE-ne-ah). This is a condition in which you have a lower than normal number of white blood cells in your blood.
- Anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh). Anemia occurs if you have a lower than normal number of red blood cells. The condition also can occur if your red blood cells don't have enough of an iron-rich protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
- Aplastic anemia. This type of anemia occurs if your bone marrow doesn't make enough new blood cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets). Aplastic anemia is a rare, but serious condition.
- Myelofibrosis. This is a serious bone marrow disorder that disrupts normal production of blood cells and leads to severe anemia.
- Thrombocytopenia (THROM-bo-si-toe-PE-ne-ah). This is a group of conditions in which your body doesn't make enough platelets and your blood doesn't clot as it should.
- Essential thrombocythemia (THROM-bo-si-THE-me-ah). This is a disease in which your bone marrow makes too many blood cells, especially platelets.
- Leukemia. This is a cancer of the white blood cells. Types of leukemia include acute and chronic leukemias and multiple myeloma.
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