The phrase
"brain biopsy" refers to a medical procedure where a small sample of tissue from the brain is taken to examine it more closely. It is usually done to investigate any abnormal growths, infections, or diseases in the brain.
Full definition
Tissue biopsy is the only definitive method to absolutely confirm GME, which may be collected by CT
guided brain biopsy or surgery (craniotomy or laminectomy).
A CT - guided stereotactic
brain biopsy system has been described by Dr. Richard LeCouteur at the University of California at Davis.
In neurology, our CT machine is used primarily for assessment of bone abnormalities (fractures, bone tumors) and CT -
guided brain biopsies.
People have the tendency of trying to go up the nose and do
a brain biopsy.
After
a brain biopsy and an additional spinal tap, Najjar discovered that Cahalan had contracted a rare and potentially fatal autoimmune disease called NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis, an attack on the brain by the body's immune system.
The brain is, after all, encased within the skull, and
brain biopsies are not feasible for the vast majority of patients with psychiatric and neurologic disease.
In order to understand this contradiction, the research group led by Raúl Estévez and Alejandro Barrallo compared genetically - modified zebrafish and mice models — in other words, knock - out organisms that, in this case, do not express the gene MLC1 — with
the brain biopsy from an MLC patient.
High levels of HHV - 6B DNA in
the brain biopsies of refractory epilepsy patients suggest the virus may play a role in a subset of those with this condition.