aspiration biopsy

The new technique that made it possible is called a skinny or thin needle aspiration biopsy.

Ultrasound may be used to guide a fine-needle aspiration biopsy.

Needle aspiration biopsy can be used to aid diagnosis.

Fine needle aspiration biopsies are very safe, minor surgical procedures.

Needle aspiration biopsy is a common first step.

Deaths have been reported from needle aspiration biopsies, but such outcomes are extremely rare.

Alternatively, a fine-needle aspiration biopsy may be performed and is often used to test masses.

Smaller diameter needles collect cells and cell clusters, fine needle aspiration biopsy.

Typical treatment involves a Needle aspiration biopsy.

A needle aspiration biopsy of the tumor will typically show a large number of mast cells.

MTC can also be diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy.

A fine-needle aspiration biopsy puts a thin needle through the skin, into the lump, and removes cells to look at.

Doctors usually perform a needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid to determine the status of the nodules.

Aspiration biopsy.

This mass is normally referred to a fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) for investigation.

Originally adapted from Preparing for a needle aspiration biopsy (634 KB).

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy.

Often, a major surgical (excisional or open) biopsy can be avoided by performing a needle aspiration biopsy instead.

A fine-needle aspiration biopsy is usually ordered when the doctor is almost certain that the lump is a cyst.

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy.

A needle aspiration biopsy of an enlarged lymph node will reveal rickettsial organisms within macrophages in many cases.

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid: The removal of thyroid tissue using a thin needle.

A needle aspiration biopsy is safer and less traumatic than an open surgical biopsy, and significant complications are usually rare, depending on the body site.

Fortunately, major complications due to thin needle aspiration biopsies are fairly uncommon, and when complications do occur, they are generally mild.

Ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) are also sometimes helpful in confirming the diagnosis.