Abdominal Fat Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosisdoi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.062Alberto AimoMichele EmdinVeronica MusettiAngela PucciGiuseppe VergaroJACC Case Reports
Aims: Congo red staining of an endomyocardial biopsy is the diagnostic gold-standard in suspected cardiac amyloidosis (CA), but the procedure is associated with the risk, albeit small, of serious complications, and delay in diagnosis due to the requirement for technical expertise. In contrast, ab...
abdominal wall fat-pad biopsy A sampling from the abdominal wall fat pad for microscopy, which may be used to diagnose amyloidosis. Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page...
Tissue biopsy is essential for the diagnosis and typing of amyloidosis. Given its safety and ease, abdominal fat pad (AFP) is the first biopsy site of choice; bone marrow (BM) biopsy should additionally be performed to identify underlying plasma cell dyscrasia. The aim of the present study ...
Tissue biopsy is essential for the diagnosis and typing of amyloidosis. Given its safety and ease, abdominal fat pad (AFP) is the first biopsy site of choice; bone marrow (BM) biopsy should additionally be performed to identify underlying plasma cell dyscrasia. The aim of the present study ...
Diagnostic accuracy of subcutaneous abdominal fat tissue aspiration for detecting systemic amyloidosis and its utility in clinical practice ObjectiveAspiration of subcutaneous abdominal fat is a simple and fast method for detecting systemic amyloidosis; however, the sensitivity of this approach... IIV Game...
There are numerous additional inflammatory conditions of the small bowel that will present with nonspecific bowel wall thickening, including eosinophilic gastroenteritis, amyloidosis, Behçet syndrome, and primary lymphangiectasia. Differentiation will depend on the clinical history, distribution pattern, and...
If submucosa is contained in the specimen, the vessels should be examined with a view to discovering any telltale presence of abnormalities, such as amyloidosis or vasculitis. The Abnormal Small Bowel Biopsy Specimen The classification of abnormal small bowel biopsy appearances is given in Table 17...
Amyloid and amyloidosis 1990. Norwell, MA: Kluver Academic; 1990. p. 797–800.Forsberg, AH, Sletten, K, Benson, L Abdominal fat biopsy for characterization of the major amyloid fibril proteins by amino acid sequence. In: Natvig, JB, Forre, O, Husby, G eds. (1990) Amyloid and ...
Amyloidosis is often associated with signs of renal impairment. Results of GI biopsy are highly correlated with those of renal biopsy, but the results of fat biopsy are not. We recommend GI biopsy for RA patients for the screening of systemic amyloidosis....