The nephrologist's dilemma: to biopsy or not to biopsy?

to biopsy a small renal mass, or not?

To Biopsy a Small Renal Mass, or Not?

Please cite this paper as: Chatzidarellis E, Skolarikos A, Papatsoris AG. To Biopsy a Small Renal Mass or Not? Nephro-Urol Mon. 2012;4(2): 423-4. DOI: 10.5812/numonthly.3991 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: As abdominal imaging has increased the diagnosis of small renal masses (SRMs) the role of renal mass biopsy (RMB) is debatable. Current literature demonstra...

cancer biopsy in ancient persian medicine: do or not to do!

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Real-time ultrasound-guided percutaneous renal biopsy with needle guide by nephrologists decreases post-biopsy complications

BACKGROUND Percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) can result in serious complications. The study is aimed to compare the biopsy yield and complications rate of the real-time ultrasonagram (USG)-guided PRB and needle tracking with and without needle guide in two different study periods. METHODS We compared the yield and complications of 2138 kidney biopsies performed in two different periods, 1510 bi...

Fine needle aspiration biopsy, core needle biopsy or excision biopsy to diagnose breast cancer - which is the ideal method?

BACKGROUND The ideal method for diagnosis of breast cancer is debatable. METHODS The methods of diagnosis of 436 new cases of breast adenocarcinoma presenting from Jan 2005 till Dec 2006 at the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) were examined in this study. RESULTS A total of 388 cases presented to the breast unit in UMMC primarily and 48 cases were diagnosed in non-breast units in oth...