Although the recommended biopsy technique for pigmented lesions is excision with narrow margins, punch or shave biopsies are commonly employed. However, the accuracy of these sampling methods is ...

Whether it’s a punch biopsy, excisional biopsy, or shave biopsy, the healing process generally involves your body forming new ...

To diagnose melanoma your doctor removes the abnormal area and a small area of surrounding skin. This is called an excision biopsy. A specialist doctor (pathologist) looks at the biopsy under a ...

These may include: dermoscopy if not done by your GP taking photographs to see if the mole or abnormal patch of skin changes (baseline photographs) removing the mole or abnormal patch of skin ...

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 ...

A lung biopsy involves the removal of tissue or growths from the lungs. A doctor will use special devices, such as a fine needle, to remove the sample. A lung biopsy can help diagnose lung ...

Figure 2: A punch biopsy tool placed vertically over the skin lesion of a dog. The excisional or wedge biopsy is a complete surgical excision of a lesion. A classic elliptical shaped incision is ...

What is lymph node removal during a lumpectomy? During a lumpectomy, most people with invasive breast cancer have a sentinel lymph node biopsy. This is a procedure that removes 1 or more lymph nodes ...