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Vineetha Kanneganti1, Krishna Divyashree2, Ashok Kumar Pannu3
1Junior Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, 29751Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Nehru Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Abstract:
A stepwise approach is essential to evaluating pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO). When other investigations are negative, bone marrow examination is a valuable diagnostic tool in PUO. It is particularly helpful in patients with involvement of reticuloendothelial organs (e.g. cytopenia, splenomegaly), immunodeficiency states, or older age.
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