A biopsy and examination of tissue from the affected artery confirm the diagnosis in most cases.

Corticosteroids are often started even before a biopsy confirms the diagnosis.

Her biopsy the next day, with an accuracy rate of about 60 percent, confirmed a spider envenomation.

A biopsy of the small intestine can confirm the findings of the blood test.

If a biopsy confirms cancer, further tests are done to determine how far the disease has advanced.

A biopsy of the mass confirmed the diagnosis.

In all these patients, the biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome.

The biopsy of her kidneys confirmed our diagnosis, so she would probably need dialysis for only a few weeks.

His daughter said a biopsy confirmed that he had Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.