PREPARATION OF BONE MARROW ASPIRATES FROM DOGS WITH HEMATOPOIETIC TUMORS FOR IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY USING HISTOGEL~(TM)

摘要

Bone marrow examination is important in the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of hematopoietic tumors. HistoGel~(TM), an aqueous gel which encapsulates histologic and cytologic samples for processing, has successfully been used to process human blood and bone marrow samples. This study's objectives were to validate the use of HistoGel~(TM) for preparation of cell blocks from canine bone marrow aspirates and to authenticate immunohistochemistry performed on HistoGel~(TM) prepared canine bone marrowsamples from dogs with hematopoietic tumors.