abdominal fat pad aspiration
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Indications
- obtaining tissue for diagnosis of AL amyloidosis*
* high yield & safer than kidney biopsy, liver biopsy or cardiac biopsy
More general terms
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19 Board Basics. An Enhancement to MKSAP19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022 - ↑ van Gameren II, Hazenberg BP, Bijzet J, van Rijswijk MH. Diagnostic accuracy of subcutaneous abdominal fat tissue aspiration for detecting systemic amyloidosis and its utility in clinical practice. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Jun;54(6):2015-21 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16732553