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What does a lip biopsy diagnose? only sjorgens?
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Usually: Sjorgens is commonly DX with a lip bx, but if you have a lesion on your lip or some other abnormality of unknown cause, a bx of that area may also be warranted.
Answered 12/26/2022
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Lip ulcer: Lip biopsy are done for any unexplained chronic lip ulcer not responsive to medical therapy . It also done to diagnose cancer, sjögren's, sarcoidosis, bechet's disease don for non healing ulcerations on lips.
Answered 11/28/2013
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