Table 1 Indications for bone marrow examination in cases later found to be positive for malaria
From: Plasmodium in the bone marrow: case series from a hospital in Pakistan, 2007–2015
Indication of bone marrow biopsy | N (%) |
|---|---|
Fever | 13 (37.1) |
Cytopenias | |
Anaemia | 1 (2.8) |
Thrombocytopenia | 3 (8.6) |
Bi or pancytopenia | 8 (22.8) |
Hepato/splenomegaly | 7 (20) |
Staging Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 1 (2.8) |
Staging of Neuroblastoma | 1 (2.8) |
For remission status of Leukaemia | 1 (2.8) |