Methods to estimate bone marrow plasma cells (BMPC) basically include histopathology, cytomorphology, and flow cytometry. The present study compares the outcomes of these methods with special focus on the impact of BMPC-specific characteristics on their recovery by either method. Laboratory reports of diagnostic samples from 238 consecutive patients with suspected or known plasma cell disease were retrospectively analyzed. The median (IQR) proportion of BMPC was 30.0% (15.0-70.0%) by histological review (hBMPC), 7.0% (2.0-16.0%) by smear review (sBMPC), and 3.0% (0.8-10.0%) by flow cytometry (fBMPC). The disparity of results between core biopsy and aspirate smear was enhanced in case of poor quality of the smear, increased BM fiber content, higher grade cell atypia, expression of CD56 (all P < 0.0001), the number of cytogenetic aberrations (P = 0.0002), and abnormalities of the MYC gene (P = 0.0002). Conversely, expression of CD19 and a non-clonal plasma cell phenotype were associated with a lower difference between hBMPC and sBMPC (both P < 0.0001). The disparity between the percentages of sBMPC and fBMPC was associated with the quality of the smear (P = 0.0007) and expression of CD56 (P < 0.0001). Our results suggest that the recovery of BMPC in aspirate specimens not only is a matter of sampling quality but also depends on biological cell properties. Aspiration failure due to malignant type features of BMPC may lead to misclassification of plasma cell disorders and represent a bias for the detection of minimal residual disease after therapy.
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