Lung biopsy is a relatively frequently performed procedure with considerable benefit for patient management but it may, on rare occasions, result in the death of the patient. It is a multidisciplinary ...

Introduction Terminal ileum (TI) intubation at colonoscopy may be useful in the investigation of patients ... Colonoscopy reports and case notes were reviewed to establish if biopsy results were ...

Liquid biopsy, a novel detection method, has recently become an active research area in clinical cancer owing to its unique advantages. Studies on circulating free DNA, circulating tumor cells, and ...

THE fact that extension of the inflammatory process to the terminal portion of the ileum occurs in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis is fairly well known, but it has not received sufficient ...

What is a liver biopsy? A liver biopsy is a test used to diagnose liver conditions. Tissue samples are removed from your liver and checked under a microscope for signs of damage or disease. A liver ...

In view of the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis, the lack of intestinal symptoms and normal barium follow-through findings, ileocolonoscopy and ileal biopsy findings, a diagnosis of ileitis of ...

Crohn's disease of the distal duodenum and proximal jejunum may be visualized using an enteroscope or pediatric colonoscope. Crohn's disease of the terminal ileum is best approached through ...