- Title
- A GP primer to understanding biopsy reports of the lower gastrointestinal tract
- Creator
- Walker, Marjorie M.; Harris, Angela K.; Edwards, Georgia C.; Talley, Nicholas J.
- Relation
- Australian Family Physician Vol. 45, Issue 6, p. 408-413
- Relation
- http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2016/june/a-gp-primer-to-understanding-biopsy-reports-of-the-lower-gastrointestinal-tract
- Publisher
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Background: Colonoscopic biopsies are taken to make a diagnosis of inflammation, dysplasia or malignancy, to assess treatment success and to monitor patients' progression. Objectives This aim of this article is to provide a guide to understanding histology reports sent to the general practitioner (GP) from the colonoscopy and anatomical pathology departments for the diagnosis of increasingly prevalent gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. Discussion Many diseases in the lower GI tract are increasing in prevalence and new diseases are emerging that require biopsy for diagnosis. Cancer surveillance programs require colonoscopy for polyp detection, and histology to evaluate polyps and subsequent cancer risk in the large bowel. Inflammatory bowel disease is also increasing in incidence, and patients are diagnosed and monitored with endoscopy and biopsy. Drugs can also affect the GI tract and endoscopy can detect damage with confirmation by biopsy.
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1315952
- Identifier
- uon:23037
- Identifier
- ISSN:0300-8495
- Language
- eng
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