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Podcast: Everyday Medicine with Dr Luke
Episode: Episode 93. Haemotology with Dr Thomas Lew (Part 3)
Description: Observed abnormalities in the full blood count are not uncommon, they may be transient and mild, often involving one cell lineage and most likely benign, or progressive involving more than one cell lineage and pointing us toward a condition requiring further investigation, possible referral and treatment.
In foetal life, haemopoiesis occurs in the yolk sac and later in the liver and spleen. After birth normal haemopoiesis is restricted to the bone marrow. Infants have haemopoietic marrow in all bones but in adults, haemopoietic marrow is found in the central skeleton and proximal ends of long bones. Expansion...