Broken needle during bone marrow aspiration: a rare complication

The conventional Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy is a routinely done investigation under conscious sedation with rare complications. We present an atypical case of a 47 year old male who was diagnosed with a broken biopsy needle in an urban academic hospital. A removal in theatre under fluoroscopy was performed by the orthopaedic surgery team. At postoperative follow up, the patient was symptom free.