The Bergström needle has long been used for non-image-guided biopsy of muscles/soft tissues, 16 while computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy technique is well known and refined over the past 30 ...

Percutaneous needle biopsy (PNB) for breast tissue diagnosis has emerged as a quality metric for breast disease management. In 2003, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network identified needle biopsy ...

Needle biopsy through the skin for lung cancer . This test is also called a percutaneous lung biopsy. A doctor called a radiologist takes a sample of lung tissue by passing a needle into the lung.

Fine needle aspiration is a type of biopsy procedure. In fine needle aspiration, a thin needle is inserted into an area of abnormal-appearing tissue or body fluid. As with other types of biopsies ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;21(11):1646-1655. A cooperative patient is an important condition for a complication-free performance of the biopsy. Sudden movements have to be avoided to prevent ...

A lung biopsy may be used to diagnose lung cancer. There are many kinds of lung biopsies, but common ones include needle, transbronchial, and open. In some cases, prior tests like chest X-rays or ...

Needle biopsies were attempted on 175 patients, and sufficient tissue for histologic evaluation was obtained in 130 cases, or 74 per cent. The pathological interpretations of these biopsies are ...

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.

Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy uses a thin needle to remove a small sample of cells from the area in question. Tests may be done for cancer biomarkers that are found on or in the tumor cells.

Occasionally the first needle biopsy sample does not contain enough cells to make a diagnosis and you may need to have the test again. Sometimes a surgical biopsy is needed. You have a sample of ...

Core needle biopsy is used most often for evaluating non-palpable breast lumps. The sensitivity of core needle biopsy is less than FNAC for the diagnosis of palpable carcinoma.