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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Bone Marrow Assessment in Liver Cirrhosis Patients with Otherwise Unexplained Peripheral Blood Cytopenia.

Sebastian E Koschade, Laura M Moser, Artur Sokolovskiy, Florian A Michael, Hubert Serve, Christian H Brandts, Fabian Finkelmeier, Stefan Zeuzem, Jonel Trebicka, Philip Ferstl and 1 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Cytopenias in Autoimmune Liver Diseases-A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  4. Hematological abnormalities in liver cirrhosis.World journal of hepatology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sebastian E KoschadeDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5770-1279
Laura M MoserDepartment for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1241-5137
Artur SokolovskiyDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Florian A MichaelDepartment of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9305-3691
Hubert ServeDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8472-5516
Christian H BrandtsDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Fabian FinkelmeierDepartment of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8559-9910
Stefan ZeuzemDepartment of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jonel TrebickaDepartment of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Philip FerstlDepartment of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Olivier BalloDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We performed a retrospective single-center analysis to investigate the diagnostic yield of bone marrow puncture in patients with liver cirrhosis and cytopenia. Liver cirrhosis patients receiving bone marrow aspiration or biopsy for the diagnostic work-up of otherwise unexplained peripheral blood cytopenia at our institution between 2004 and 2020 were enrolled in this study. We evaluated findings from cytologic, histologic and immunologic assessment and final diagnostic outcomes. A total of 118 patients with a median age of 55 years and a median Child-Pugh score of B (8 points) were enrolled. The main etiologies of liver cirrhosis were viral hepatitis (B and C) or chronic alcohol consumption. The majority of patients (60%) exhibited concurrent anemia, leukocytopenia and thrombocytopenia. Bone marrow assessment revealed normal, unspecific or reactive alterations in 117 out of 118 patients (99%). One patient was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome. Our findings suggest that peripheral blood cytopenia in patients with liver cirrhosis is rarely associated with a primary bone marrow pathology.

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bone marrow aspirationbone marrow biopsybone marrow puncturecytopenialiver cirrhosis

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PMID37445409
PMCPMC10342445
OpenAlexW4382699146

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