Utility of Colonoscopic Biopsies in Histomorphological Spectrum of Colorectal Lesions - A Study in a Tertiary Care Centre in Aurangabad Region of Maharashtra
Abstract:BACKGROUND Colonoscopy is considered as a diagnostic procedure of choice for patients presenting with chronic diarrhoea / bloody diarrhoea. Colonoscopic mucosal biopsies have shown to be accurate indicators of extent of the involvement of colon in inflammatory bowel disease. Also, colonoscopy is still considered as the gold standard in cancer surveillance. The present study was undertaken to find out the utility of colonoscopic biopsies in histomorphological spectrum of colorectal lesions. METHODS This was a … Show more
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