Haematological and Biochemical Predictors of Bone Marrow Metastases in Non-Haematological Malignancies A Clinico-Pathological Analysis

• Published in: Journal of medical evidence Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 123 - 129
• Main Authors: Agrawal, Shruti, Bhandari, Rekha, Gowda, Vinay N., Gupta, Amit, Singh, Neha, Chowdhury, Nilotpal, Rao, Shalinee, Kishore, Sanjeev, Gupta, Arvind Kumar, Chandra, Harish
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 01.05.2022
• Subjects: bone marrow; lactate dehydrogenase; mean platelet volume; metastases; neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio
• ISSN: 2667-0720; 2667-0739
• DOI: 10.4103/JME.JME_129_20

Background: Bone marrow metastasis is an uncommon yet significant presentation of many non haematological malignancies. Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of analysing the clinical, haematological and biochemical parameters of the patients with bone marrow metastases and determines the parameters which could possibly indicate the presence of bone marrow metastases. Patients and Methods: Bone marrow aspirate, imprint and biopsy slides of 22 cases with bone marrow metastases were reviewed and the haematological and biochemical data of all these cases were compared with that of 20 controls without any evidence of metastases. Results: The mean values of mean platelet volume (MPV), neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were found to be significantly different ( P < 0.001) between the cases and controls. MPV <8.1 fL, NLR >3.5 and LDH >452 U/L showed a high likelihood ratio in predicting bone marrow metastases. Conclusion: Parameters such as MPV, NLR and LDH can be used as efficient and easily available methods to predict bone marrow metastasis for a rapid diagnosis.