Assertion: tuberculosis | /r/Desires | brain biopsy
Facets:
value: in order to make the diagnosis
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: TB cerebritis (or TB of the brain) may require brain biopsy in order to make the diagnosis, because the CSF is commonly normal: this is not always available and even when it is, some clinicians would debate whether it is justified putting a patient through such an invasive and potentially dangerous procedure when a trial of anti-TB therapy may yield the same answer; probably the only justification for brain biopsy is when drug-resistant TB is suspected.[medical citation needed]