Nerve biopsy

Alternative names:

biopsy - nerve

Normal values:

There is normal nerve anatomy, with no abnormal growths or inclusions.

What abnormal results mean:

Conditions or disorders that may be revealed include:

• necrotizing vasculitis
• amyloidosis (sural nerve biopsy is most often used)
• sarcoidosis
• leprosy
• metabolic neuropathies
• inflammation of the nerve
• loss of axon tissue
• demyelination

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

• alcoholic neuropathy
• axillary nerve dysfunction
• brachial plexopathy
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (hereditary)
• common peroneal nerve dysfunction
• distal median nerve dysfunction
• mononeuritis multiplex
• mononeuropathy
• necrotizing vasculitis
• neurosarcoidosis
• radial nerve dysfunction
• tibial nerve dysfunction