A less invasive alternative to a biopsy is fine - needle aspiration (FNA) of the affected area; in this procedure, which does not require general anesthesia, as the biopsy,
a small hypodermic needle is inserted into the lesion, and a drop of tissue is microscopically evaluated by a Clinical Pathologist.
Not exact matches
The
small miracle of it, then, is that in both its absolute glee in finding the line of how much gore to show and then crossing it (a pair of glasses stop a
hypodermic needle... but only for a moment) and its surprising efforts at locating a deeper thread in a frayed brother / sister relationship and the impact of drug addiction, Alvarez's film is a solid, even affecting genre piece that allows for an abundance of memorable money shots.
They are about the length of a grain of rice but somewhat
smaller in diameter and inserted beneath the skin with a large
hypodermic needle by your veterinarian.
Bad Witch (1970)(pictured above) and
Small Bad Witch (1972), respectively the largest mixed media work in the exhibition and its
smaller study, depict a large
hypodermic needle with a face, surrounded by heroin paraphernalia including a spoon.