Liver Biopsy: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Missing a cancer because a needle biopsy collects tissue from such a small area.
- Not enough tissue sampled to make a clear diagnosis.
| Last updated: | August 14, 2008 |
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| Author: | Monica Rhodes |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, C. Dale Mercer, MD, FRCSC, FACS - General Surgery |
| Editors: | Maria Essig, Tracy Landauer |
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