background evaluation of a transplanted liver by imaging techniques and enzyme changes is sensitive to hepatocellular or biliary problems, but in most instances liver allograft biopsies are performed in order to find out the final reason for these changes. objectives it’s been about 17 years (with more than 1326 cases) since the first liver transplantation in the namazi hospital of shiraz unive...

conclusion according to the results of our series, percutaneous liver biopsy using the tru-cut biopsy gun guided by ultrasonography can be performed safely. we resolve that routine ultrasound of the puncture site is a quick, effective and safe procedure. the complication rate is very low. the us-assisted percutaneous liver biopsy should be used for all cases. results a total of 1018 patients we...

background: granulomatous dermatoses are common skin pathology, often need histopathological confirmation for diagnosis. histologically six sub-types of granulomas found in granulomatous skin diseases- tuberculoid, sarcoidal, necrobiotic, suppurative, foreign body & histoid type. the aims of the present study were clinico-pathological evaluation of granulomatous skin lesions and their etiol...

background: angiosarcoma can develop in all parts of the body containing blood vessels, including breast. statistically, less than 10% of all angiosarcomas originate in the breast. angiosarcoma accounts for less than 0.05% of breast primary cancers. primary angiosarcoma develops without a history of treatment for breast cancer, whereas secondary angiosarcoma develops in patients who have alread...

background liver is prone to different diseases including metabolic, congenital, infections, drug injuries, and malignancies. liver biopsy is an aggressive but definitive way to diagnose liver diseases. objectives the present study is designed to evaluate the results of liver biopsies in children referred to the pediatric gastroenterology department of nemazee hospital. materials and methods th...

in this report we are going to discuss the following subjects: 1. indications of muscle biopsy in which situation it can not be helpful. 2. how to take a muscle biopsy? 3. how a muscle biopsy should be operated? 4. which techniques do we need to read and interpret a muscle biopsy histologically (h & e staining, histochemical study, electron microscopy). 5. muscle disease histopathologic changes...

muscle biopsy has been used for a long time for diagnosis of muscular, nerurogenic and systemic disorders with muscle involvement, because only very few of these disorders show sufficient specific clinical features for definite diagnosis. since the presence of difficulties in the screening of numerous genes, muscle biopsy could be a time and cost effective procedure for solving the diagnostic p...

abstract   background: wound infection is a frequent and severe complication in burn patients accounting for a high number of mortalities. there are some reports comparing swab and biopsy cultures of wounds of various etiologies or chronic wounds.   objectives: the aim of the study was to evaluate burn wound infection by different bacteriologic methods of surface swab and tissue biopsy culture ...

background : lung cancer is still the leading cause of cancer- related deaths and most of themâ  are normally diagnosed in late stages, so there is an urgent need to establish reliable tools for the identification at early stages of the disease. in this study, we use an eleven gene signature test to examine lung biopsy specimens for diagnostic, prognostic & therapeutic purposes. methods : bronc...