… Characteristics for an optimal liver biopsy specimen were … percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB)
and transjugular liver biopsy (… also used inadequate specimens by present standards. Only 11 …

… Usually, for evaluation of diffuse liver disease, a specimen of 1.5 cm in length is adequate
… in the specimen is important; most hepatopathologists are satisfied with a biopsy specimen …

… for patients with liver disease, liver biopsy and histological assessment of the liver has now
… Specimens of liver biopsies obtained with various sized needles and differing techniques. …

… Optimal biopsy specimen size remains controversial. We sought to … of biopsy specimens
influence the grading and staging of CHC. Methods: We used 100 liver biopsy specimens from …

… Transjugular liver biopsy (TJLB) is considered an inferior biopsy, used when percutaneous
liver biopsy (PLB) is contraindicated. According to recent literature, specimens with ⩾6 …

… liver needle biopsies in relation to the size of the biopsy, we investigated without knowledge
of clinical data 100 liver specimens … The material consisted of routine liver biopsy specimens …

… Such measurements can be made retrospectively on paraffin-fixed biopsy specimens. In
hemochromatosis, too, the amount of stored iron in an archived biopsy specimen can be …

… -loaded biopsy guns have been employed in obtaining liver biopsies. These were originally
developed for sampling prostatic tissue [8]. The efficacy of obtaining liver biopsy specimens …

… A systematic review of the quality of liver biopsy specimens. Am J Clin Pathol. 2006;125:710…
A systematic review of the quality of liver biopsy specimens. Am J Clin Pathol. 2006;125:710-…

… Our biopsy specimens were obtained from the left lobe of the liver and thus may not be
extrapolated to biopsy specimens obtained from the right lobe. Finally, because our second …