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needle biopsy
noun
- the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
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They decided it was too risky to give her a needle biopsy.
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After a repeat blood test, a PET scan and a needle biopsy, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
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“Moms would go through a fine needle biopsy procedure during their pregnancy,” Strickland explains.
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The mammogram was benign and I had a needle biopsy that was also benign,” Newton-John said.
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“Traditionally, a CT-guided needle biopsy was used to diagnose these nodules, but it can have a complication rate as high as 15 to 20% where people get collapsed lungs or bleeding,” Pastis says.
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