Brain biopsy: outcomes
Evidence-based neurology checklist on brain biopsy: outcomes: Diagnostic biopsy outcomes Alzheimer’s disease (AD) Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) Pick disease Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) Multiple sclerosis (MS) Whipple’s disease Progressive multifocal…
Diagnostic biopsy outcomes
- Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
- Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD)
- Pick disease
- Corticobasal degeneration (CBD)
- Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Whipple’s disease
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
- CADASIL
- Paraneoplastic
- Vasculopathies
- Encephalitis
- Inflammatory diseases
- The biopsy is diagnostic in about 60% of cases
Diagnostic outcomes in suspected dementia
Outcome predictors
Acronyms
References
- Warren JD, Schott JM, Fox NC, et al. Brain biopsy in dementia. Brain 2005; 128:2016-2025.
- Gelfand JM, Genrich G, Green AJ, Tihan T, Cree BA. Encephalitis of unclear origin diagnosed by brain biopsy: a diagnostic challenge. JAMA Neurol 2015; 72:66-72.
- Schott JM, Reiniger L, Thom M, et al. Brain biopsy in dementia: clinical indications and diagnostic approach. Acta Neuropathol 2010; 220:327-341.
