PET Guided Bone Marrow Biopsy vs Trephine Bone Marrow Biopsy

"The results of PET/CT images were discussed with the referring physician. PET/CT targeted metabolic marrow biopsy was planned two hours after the whole body diagnostic imaging or on a subsequent day one hour after injecting 2-3 mCi of FDG to minimize the radiation exposure burden to the interventionist.~Society of Interventional Consensus guidelines was followed for image-guided biopsy.~The bone marrow biopsy was done under the PET/CT guidance using the same PET/CT scanner with the help of an automated robotic arm (ARA) workstation"

All the participants underwent trephine bone marrow biopsies from the bilateral posterior superior iliac spine before treatment planning.