BIOPSY · SAMPLING · EVIDENCE
A pathology report can accurately describe the tissue on the slide while leaving the question that prompted the biopsy unanswered. The distinction depends on the lesion chosen, what survived processing, and what the pathologist was asked to examine.
The key question: did the specimen capture the finding that prompted the biopsy?
Written and researched by Jeremy Murphree, Morgellons patient advocate and founder of MorgellonsSurvey.org. Jeremy is not a physician.
Last updated: October 5, 2026
You noticed a persistent skin finding, perhaps a plug, a filament, or a sore that keeps reopening. A clinician took a biopsy. Then the report came back with words such as nonspecific inflammation, excoriation, or no significant abnormality. It can feel as though the report says that nothing happened—or that what you saw was dismissed.