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Sounding heroic in large animal neurology circles, brain biopsy is actually a relatively straightforward surgical exercise in human and small animal neurology,^218,219 and the goal of obtaining a histologic diagnosis is laudable. But of course the damage caused in attaining a biopsy for histologic evaluation must be kept minimal, and clinically vital regions of the brain must be avoided. However, with training,²²⁰ the application of new imaging techniques with neuronavigational guidance procedures will allow diagnostic brain biopsies to be obtained efficiently.²²¹