What are the main reasons for using a core biopsy specimen versus an aspirate specimen?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
The aspirate is good for assessing morphologic disparities that might be present in the marrow.
The core biopsy preserves the juxtapositional relationship of the marrow with its surrounding environment and thus can provide
valuable information about possible disparities present in the bone marrow microenvironment.
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