A review of ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy of the gastrointestinal tract in HIV-infected patients.
OBJECTIVE
To illustrate the use of percutaneous ultrasound-guided biopsy of the gastrointestinal tract in HIV-infected patients to obtain a tissue diagnosis.


METHODS
The technique was used in relation to relevant clinical situations in which a diagnosis may have only been reached by open biopsy.


METHODS
Three HIV-infected patients with suspected gastrointestinal tract lesions underwent percutaneous ultrasound-guided biopsy under local anaesthetic.


RESULTS
A tissue diagnosis was made in each case resulting in initiation or continuation of appropriate therapy and avoided the need for open biopsy under general anaesthetic.


CONCLUSIONS
Although the number of patients undergoing the procedure in this series was small, the technique has so far been shown to be safe and effective with few complications.
Bhaduri
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Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK.
Wiselka
M J
MJ
Rogers
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PM
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