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DictionarySeenervenerve biopsy
nerve biopsy A biopsy used to evaluate focal neuropathies or systemic disease. Indications Suspected amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, metabolic polyneuropathy, leprosy, demyelination, alcoholic neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, peroneal nerve dysfunction, mononeuritis multiplex, other polyneuropathies. Sites Ankle, wrist. Special studies Biochemical analysis, EM, histology, immunohistochemistry, molecular studies, virology.nerve biopsy Neurology A biopsy used to evaluate focal neuropathies or systemic disease Abnormal in Amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, metabolic polyneuropathy, leprosy, demyelination, alcoholic neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, peroneal nerve dysfunction, mononeuritis multiplex, other polyneuropathies Sites Ankle, wrist Special studies Biochemical analysis, EM, histology, immunohistochemistry, molecular, virologyNerve biopsyA medical test in which a small portion of a damaged nerve is surgically removed and examined under a microscope.Mentioned in: Peripheral Neuropathy |