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Hi All,
I had my biopsy today of my tongue. Everything went well and am home. Just a little bit sore but no worries.
I have to go back in two weeks to get the results.
When i was there i asked the doc if the biopsy could add to the bloods for diagnosis of my disease. I did read some suff on the net that said that immunoflouroscence testing can be used on mucosal biopsy to help identify lupus and other connective tissue disease including MCTD and polymyosistis.
This was one of the Links i found.

http://www.dermpathmd.com/cases/dermatopathology_general/Skin immunofluorecence.pdf

The doc said that this biopsy would be unlikely to show any sign of the disease.
Could it be that immunoflourescene may be being used?
The biopsy is being done to diagnose oral luekoplasia that i have which funnily enough started in oct last year when my other symptoms began?
Wouldbe intersted in any comments.

Cassie

 

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Hi lily,
thanks, i've got a feeling after giving it some thought that as this is a biopsy ordered by an oral surgeon that firstly they probably won't use the immonoflouroscence technique. This is also so because i did not mention other symtoms to him as thought they were related to my thyroid function when i first saw him so they are not using it a sa diagnostic tool for the MCTD.
I don't need any other diagnostic criteria anyhow as full fill loads of the criteria in cluding bloods etc.
I was more interested in whether i might get a surprise in terms of SLE or something else related to MCTD.
Ithink they are dong just a straight forward procedure to illiminnare cancerous or pre cancerous cells and for diagnosis.
I guess if those results are inconclusive then maybe they could go on to use immunoflourescence?

Do you think this makes sense?

Thanks so much.

Cassie