CONCLUSION: External dacryocystorhinostomy with selective biopsy for atypical clinical and intraoperative findings allows safe diagnosis and management of potentially life-threatening lacrimal lesions. PMID: 20535481 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Der Ophthalmologe) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising. Source: MedWorm: Sarcoidosis Stop Suffering the Living Hell [...]

Conclusion: Our results do not support the hypothesis that M. tuberculosis complex infection is involved in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis. However, we stress the importance of excluding mycobacteriosis in the diagnostic workup of sarcoidosis patients. Please cite this paper as: Svendsen CB, Milman N, Rasmussen EM, Thomsen VØ, Andersen CB and Krogfelt KA. The continuing [...]

In conclusion, it cannot be claimed that transbronchial biopsy is more useful in confirming usual interstitial pneumonia than previously recognized. The primary and main role of transbronchial biopsy in diagnosis of usual interstitial pneumonia is thought not to confirm a diagnosis, but to exclude other infiltrative diseases, such as malignancy, sarcoidosis or infections. (Source: Pathology [...]

Abstract  Skin biopsy for epidermal nerve fiber analysis provides an important objective test for the diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy, particularly small fiber sensory neuropathy (SFSN). The determination of epidermal nerve fiber density (ENFD) is reliable, with high diagnostic specificity and good sensitivity. Because of false negatives, biopsy results must be interpreted in conjunction with neurologic findings [...]