i'm looking at my egd pictures and if doc said everything is normal what is red spot in the picture attached. can it be from biopsy site?

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Is there a picture of the skin rash caused by west niles virus? I have 3 round spots that look like cigarette burn and each one has a few extremely small red dots that after 2 weeks have now gotten as big as the original one.

Answer 1

Could be: Unfortunately, the picture is not available for us to see. Best thing would be to ask the GI doctor who did the EGD.

Answer 2

Quite routine: Lot of time when an egd is done, there is high index of suspicion so there are more often stomach, esophageal, duodenal bx to confirn our suspicion.

Answer 3

Very routine.: One of the main benefits of an EGD is the ability to sample the inner lining of the esophagus, stomach and intestines for diagnostic purposes. So a biopsy during an EGD is pretty much the norm.

Answer 4

Very routine: There is only so much information you can get about the stomach by looking at the lining, so getting a tissue sample through a biopsy is very useful in diagnosing a wide variety of diseases. It is very common.

Answer 5

Usually biopsies: It is typical to do biopsies from the different parts of tract: esophagus, different regions of stomach, duodenum. This is because even if the GI tract looks well it is possible to have abnormalities at the cellular level.

Answer 6

EGD and Biopsy: TA biopsy is usually involved and most of the times it would be to rule out possibility of an infection( H-Pylori) and other times if some abnormality is noted which needs biopsy done to get further information.

i'm looking at my egd pictures and if doc said everything is normal what is red spot in the picture attached. can it be from biopsy site?

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