This was probably the most stressful time for the family as the biopsies of the tumor kept coming back as inconclusive.
Biopsies taken from this area reveal an incomplete, patchy, intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells.
Biopsies were obtained from 10 patients with early onset periodontitis (EOP) and 10 patients with adult periodontitis (AP ).
The finding of schistosome ova in this patient's colonic biopsies lead to an initial diagnosis of chronic schistosomiasis being considered.
Outcomes included inflammatory cells in induced sputum and bronchial biopsies, and methacholine responsiveness.
