One of four biopsied specimens guided by CT fulfilled level 1, with the rest diagnosed as level 2. The present findings suggest that obtaining histopathological evidence of type 1 AIP by a biopsied specimen is difficult.
Diagnosis and therapy of chronic osteomyelitis cannot be guided by cultures of non-bone specimens because their microbiology is substantially different to the microbiology of the bone.
Paraffin blocks from breast tissue specimens were obtained from the Department of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China, guided by a protocol (#Lab08-015) approved by the institutional review board.
In the French study, initial antibiotic therapy, including the decision to withhold all antibiotics, was guided by the results of the Gram-stained respiratory specimen.
In other words, antimicrobial therapy guided by antibiograms of bacteria isolated from non-bone specimens would be inappropriate in 72% of the patients with COM.
When CB was guided by stereotaxis, five passes were routinely undertaken, and the specimens were checked for calcification by radiography if appropriate.
Guided by these results, SLN mappings were performed in ex vivo tissue specimens of 24 consecutive colorectal cancer patients undergoing resection.
Microdissected targets, guided by morphological features, were taken at multiple sites, as available, in biopsy specimens.
Since endomyocardial biopsy is guided by fluoroscopy and not by direct observation, whether or not the biopsied specimens are obtained from the inflamed areas and exhibit histological inflammatory changes is dependent on chance.
Such complex predictive tools in rheumatology can be guided by the experience of multiplex testing in oncology, which has demonstrated the importance of uniform specimen handling and prospectively collected specimen repositories.
