In contrast to FNA biopsy, core-needle biopsy removes a narrow ... with a small margin of grossly normal tissue. The surgeon should orient the specimen, and the pathologist should ink all margins.

The brief discomfort that the patient experiences with the muscle biopsy is related to the injection of the local anesthetic and to the actual cutting of the muscle pieces. When the local anesthetic ...

Percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsies ... of open lung biopsy specimens can be invaluable in certain settings. First, they assist in assessing whether adequate tissue has been sampled.

The cyst is then cut out and a biopsy specimen ... is placing a needle through the skin into the cyst and/or kidney using the help of x-rays. In theory, this procedure is less invasive than ...