biopsy

Examples of biopsy in the following topics:

• Blastomycosis

  • Tissue biopsy of skin or other organs may be required in order to diagnose extra-pulmonary disease.

• Specimen Collection

  • There are several types of specimens recommended for diagnosis of immunological diseases including: serum samples, virology swab samples, biopsy and necropsy tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, whole blood for PCR, and urine samples.

• Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

  • During a colposcopic inspection, biopsies can be taken and abnormal areas can be removed with a simple procedure, typically with a cauterizing loop or, more commonly in the developing world — by freezing (cryotherapy).

• Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

• Cystitis

  • Eosinophilic cystitis (EC) is a rare form of cystitis that is diagnosed via biopsy.

• Immediate Direct Examination of Specimen

  • Additional sources of specimens are the vagina, eye, ear canal, nasal cavity (all by swab), and diseased tissue that has been surgically removed (biopsied).

• Pneumocystis Pneumonia

  • A lung biopsy would show thickened alveolar septa with fluffy eosinophilic exudate in the alveoli.

• Hydrogen Oxidation

• The Cardiovascular System

  • Because a definitive diagnosis requires a heart biopsy, which doctors are reluctant to do because they are invasive, statistics on the incidence of myocarditis vary widely.

• Coccidiomycosis

  • The fungal infection can be demonstrated by microscopic detection of diagnostic cells in body fluids, exudates, sputum and biopsy-tissue.