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fine-needle aspiration [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Centesis and Samplings
DEF

Removal of a small piece of tissue or fluid (in the case of a cyst) from a suspicious mass in the body by hypodermic needle and syringe.

CONT

Biopsy can consist of surgical excision or percutaneous lymph node biopsy by fine-needle aspiration. Aspiration can establish the diagnosis in infectious processes or metastatic malignancies, but is less helpful in lymphoid malignancies, in which assessment of nodal architecture is often required for diagnosis.

Key term(s)
  • needle aspiration biopsy
  • fine needle aspiration biopsy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponctions et prélèvements
DEF

Biopsie comportant l'insertion d'une aiguille fine dans la tumeur et l'aspiration d'une petite quantité de liquide ou de cellules en vue du dépistage du cancer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centesis y muestras
DEF

Biopsia en la cual se obtiene el tejido por aspiración a través de una aguja conectada a una jeringa.

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