Celiac Disease Forum - Small Intestinal Biopsy

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Q: Small Intestinal Biopsy

asked by: danacombs on October 11th, 2007

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My son is having a small intestinal biopsy to check for celiac. Does anyone know if the pathologist will check for eos (which is a sign of allergy reaction) or other causes or will he just look for flattened villi?

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sillyakchick

replied on October 11th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

They will do a complete survey of the esophagus, stomach and upper portion of the small intestine. They will biopsy anything that does not look as it should. I am not certain what EOS is, could you please elaborate?

Good luck to both you and your son. PLEASE post back here if he is positive, I would very much like to be of any assistance that I can.

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