Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Breast biopsy procedures involve removing a small sample of breast tissue to check for ...
Two types of biopsies are used to remove breast calcification tissue for further study, including stereotactic core needle biopsy and surgical biopsy. Core needle biopsy. Under local anesthesia ...
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) is currently performed on a routine basis at many endoscopic centers and it is evident that this procedure has a major impact ...
If the evaluation is nondiagnostic, either aspiration should be reattempted or core-needle or excisional biopsy should be performed. If the FNA biopsy results are negative, core-needle or ...