bone marrowbiop or liver disorder

[JANIE]

recent routine blood test show low WBC and low platlets. mild anemia.
i have had mild enlarged live and spleen for sometime, doc did abdomen scan, hemotologist did bone marow test and said some liver disorders can have this effect. wondering why he didn't do liver biopsy...
any suggestions...

[Birgitta-A]

Hi Janie,
You know that when your platelets are low the risk of bleeding is greater and it can be dangerous to perform liver biopsy.
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB...oduktNr=223838

The enlargement of liver (and of spleen) can be due to MDS. I should not want to have a liver biopsy but I have had a MR examination of liver and heart to see if I had iron i these organs - I had no traces of iron.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A

[JANIE]

hi, thankyou for you reply birgitta..it was just 6 weeks ago that GP told me i had this blood problem...i really dont know what to expect from results of the bone marrow biopsy...i still feel ok ...no symptoms except i do get tired easliy.
i have two grown up children and 3 grandchildren, i am 54, and i havn't said anything to them yet..thought i would wait and see test results first...