nerve 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, virology

Nerve biopsy

A medical test in which a small portion of a damaged nerve is surgically removed and examined under a microscope.Mentioned in: Peripheral Neuropathy