Figure 2From: Combined evaluation of bone marrow aspirate and biopsy is superior in the prognosis of multiple myelomaAnalysis of plasma cell count in bone marrow aspirate (BMA) and bone marrow biopsy (BMB). (a) Box and whisker plot (T-test) showing significant difference in plasma cell count between BMA and BMB analysis. Higher values were observed in pathologist (BMB) (mean 47.712 ± 24.8) and computer image analysis (CIA) (mean 44.113 ± 30.6) as compared with (BMA) cytologist report (mean 30.649 ± 17.1) (P < 0.001 and P < 0.0048, respectively). (b) Scatter plots showing correlation between CIA and BMB; BMA and BMB; CIA and BMA. Correlation of BMB assessment: pathologist and CIA counting (r = 0.8; P < 0.0001), pathologist and cytologist counting (r = 0.321; P = 0.015), and percentage of plasma cells in BMA and CIA (r = 0.27; P = 0.05).Back to article page