Had My Biopsy Yesterday

[Beccc]

I had my biopsy yesterday, they took 8 samples which i will have the results of by friday and also gave me an on the spot report that said everything looked normal. Can you normally see the villi damage with the camera? Or only through a microscope?

[wolfie]

I was told by my son's GI 2 weeks ago that the damage can only be seen by microscope. She took 8 samples from my son and he was diagnosed with Celiac last week. She did say that some hospitals have cameras that magnify the area and that some damage can be seen that way. She said that they don't have them at our hospital b/c they are very expensive and they still send off the samples for examination anyway.

[Beccc]

I was told by my son's GI 2 weeks ago that the damage can only be seen by microscope. She took 8 samples from my son and he was diagnosed with Celiac last week. She did say that some hospitals have cameras that magnify the area and that some damage can be seen that way. She said that they don't have them at our hospital b/c they are very expensive and they still send off the samples for examination anyway.

thank you very much! as I was so out of it after the procedure I forgot to ask the surgeon this question!

I'll find out on Friday, fingers crossed!

[jenvan]

A biopsy is really the way to evaluate the sample...however, sometimes in Celiac, there will be noticeable changes in the intestines that are able to be seen just upon an endoscopy, ie. scalloping, mosaic pattern. You can't diagnosis celiac disease based on those changes alone, however.