Interpretation of ileal biopsies

• Main Authors: Prasenjit Das (Author), Gaurav P. S. Gahlot (Author), Ritu Mehta (Author), Siddhartha Datta Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The ileum is one of the most common sites of intestine to undergo endoscopic biopsy. However, even with the experienced histopathologists, a definite diagnosis can be achieved only in 18% cases. Lack of knowledge about proper tissue handling, tissue orientation, overlapping histological findings, an...