To obtain the appropriate samples, your veterinarian may recommend one or more sampling techniques such
as fine needle aspiration, punch biopsy, and full excision.
To obtain the appropriate samples, your veterinarian may recommend one or more of various sampling techniques such
as fine needle aspiration, punch biopsy and full excision.
Not exact matches
Often the diagnosis of malignancy
as the etiology of strictures is made based upon findings on cross-sectional imaging, endoscopic ultrasound with
fine needle aspiration, and an advanced diagnostic technique known
as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Ultrasonography can be used
as a tool to perform a guided
fine needle aspiration if the kidney is not easily palpated on examination.
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.