Clinical application of renal aspiration biopsy with a modified fine needle.
Electron microscopic study of solitary glomeruli obtained by aspiration with a modified fine needle is of clinical value in the diagnosis of various renal diseases. The small size of the needle makes it less traumatic than an ordinary percutaneous biopsy needle and therefore suitable for use in situations where a conventional biopsy is for some reason considered undesirable.
D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology*