Indicaciones para la evaluación morfológica de la médula ósea en caninos y felinos: revisión de la literatura.

There are multiple indications to evaluate the bone marrow in canines and felines, persistent or unexplained abnormalities in the blood count and serum biochemistry, accompanied by non-specific signs and symptoms. They can be reactive or marrow disorders. The objective was to present an overview of the most frequent indications for the morphological evaluation of bone marrow in canines and felines reported in the literature. An approach was made to malignant and benign disorders with bone marrow involvement in canines and felines and the frequency is presented through a search of original articles in the databases PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciELO, and LILACS, using MeSh terms: bone marrow neoplasms, bone marrow examination, congenital bone marrow failure syndromes, bone marrow failure disorders, combined with the Boolean operator AND with the words dog and cat. Articles that applied bone marrow as an aid for the differential diagnosis of infections such as leishmaniasis, ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis were found. However, most of the publications are aimed at diagnosing malignant processes, such as myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders. It is concluded that the evaluation of the bone marrow is of great importance, resulting in clarifying the diagnosis and evaluating the staging of some diseases, as well as their prognosis and follow-up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]