Background & Objective: Biliary system lesions including ampulla of vater are considered as important diseases of gasterointestinal system because of difficult availability in endoscopy, dangers of biopsy and diagnosis in advanced stages.Regarding previous studies about the role and sensitivity of brushing cytology in diagnosis of lesions in this area and lack of serious complications in th...

The present study was undertaken to compare the gleason score and histologic grade of needle biopsy specimens to those of radical prostatectomy(RP) specimen to examine how accurately biopsy specimens reflect the corresponding excised specimens. In this comparative-descriptive study, gleason scoring was made on the needle biopsy specimens from 57 patients with prostate cancer and then ...

ABSTRACT To determine the usefulness of a method of percutaneous needle muscle biopsy in patients with suspected idiopathic inflammatory Myopathy. The yield of percutaneous needle muscle biopsy was studied in 15 patients during 1997-2000 who were hospitalized in Hazrat Rasool Akram hospital. A diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy was confirmed histopathologically in 8 patients...