Biopsy

PHILADELPHIA — Percutaneous kidney biopsy is a feasible and safe procedure when testing patients with small kidneys, according to the results of a study presented at ASN Kidney Week.

Healio spoke with Gwen Nichols, MD, about when to consider a CML diagnosis.

High levels of serum anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA predicted duodenal villous atrophy and could be a reliable measure to avoid biopsy in the diagnosis of adult patients with suspected celiac disease, according to researchers.

The FDA granted 510(k) clearance to Limaca Medical’s Precision GI endoscopic ultrasound biopsy device, following breakthrough device designation in May 2022, according to a company press release.

CHICAGO — Long-term follow up shows that response to tepotinib remains robust in patients with MET exon-14 skipping non-small cell lung cancer, according to research presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

More careful patient selection for prostate biopsy would reduce health care pollution associated with the procedure, according to study results published in European Urology.

The ability to discern sarcoidosis from other diagnoses was “good to excellent” in two sarcoidosis diagnostic scores, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this video, Kerry Cooper, MD, discusses the potential Renal Autologous Cell Therapy by ProKidney may have to preserve kidney function and slow the progression of kidney disease.

A preoperative biopsy procedure did not raise the risk for tumor spread through airspaces among patients with resected stage I non-small cell lung cancer, according to a study published in CHEST.

Compared with visual assessment, a deep learning model improved CT imaging prediction of histopathologic usual interstitial pneumonitis in patients with interstitial lung disease, according to study results published in CHEST.