A 32-year-old member asked:
What do you learn if you have had a muscle biopsy?
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Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 59 years experience
Muscle Biopsy: Muscle biopsy is done for diagnosis of 1diseases of connective tissue and blood vessels2infections that effect the muscles, like trichinosis andtoxoplasmosis3muscle disorders like muscular dystrophy or congenital myopathy4metabolic defects5and diseases of nerves.
By examining the tissue we examine we are able to diagnose and treat properly these conditions.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
What is a muscle biopsy all about?
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Dr. Steven Saundersanswered
Internal Medicine 45 years experience
Muscle Biopsy: Sample of tissue to make a diagnosis of muscle related disease.
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Last updated May 3, 2012
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