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Diagnosing amyloidosis: Why monitor (PYP scan) instead of biopsy?

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Aug 10 12:29pm | Replies (12)
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@thomhorowitz

Wait, Modern ultrasound has become more and more sophisticated and safer than biopsy.

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honeymamabee | @honeymamabee | Aug 3 6:38pm

But - will ultra sound show if I have the amyloid protein in any heart tissue or any other tissue for that matter? Everything that I gave read from Mayo Clinic about amyloidosis is that a biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosing amyloid. Is there anyone who can give me a definitive answer to this? Can you?

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