Sentences with phrase «guided needle biopsy»

Abdominal ultrasound is used to visualize the liver and biliary system, as well as collect ultrasound - guided needle biopsies of the affected tissues.

Ultrasonography may be helpful in revealing an enlarged pancreas surrounded by fluid, thus confirming inflammation of the organ, and may be used to guide a needle biopsy of the liver.

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Previously, the most accurate form of testing for thyroid cancer was a fine - needle aspiration biopsy, where a doctor guides a thin needle to the thyroid and removes a small tissue sample for testing.

Current procedure calls for a predictive diagnostic biopsy, in which a needle is inserted into the organ at various locations, sometimes guided by MRI and ultrasound.

Guided by a camera and the ultrasound probe, Waxman carefully positioned the endoscope over the tumor and passed a fine needle into the pancreatic lesion to sample tissue cells for biopsy.

Physicians can also use endoscopes to collect tissue for biopsy in a procedure called «endoscopic ultrasound - guided, fine needle aspiration.»

We offer in - house ultrasound services including thoracic and abdominal ultrasound, echocardiography, pregnancy ultrasound, and ultrasound - guided fine needle aspirates or biopsies.

An ultrasound - guided fine needle aspiration of the gall bladder or an ultrasound - guided biopsy may be done to evaluate the bile or look for abnormal cells or evidence of infection.

At both locations, we're able to offer diagnostic ultrasound with ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration and ultrasound guided biopsies.

Making the diagnosis can be difficult and often involves biopsying the cat's liver using an ultrasonically guided needle.

This includes ultrasound - guided fine needle aspirates / biopsies.

When urine, blood cultures, and serology have not identified a cause, CT or fluoroscopy - guided fine - needle aspiration of the infected disc space may be performed under general anesthesia, or a surgical biopsy specimen from the lesion can be obtained for culture.

Blood cultures in dogs yield positive results in about 45 % to 75 % of cases, and urine cultures are positive in about 25 % to 50 % of cases.1 Serologic testing for Brucella antibody and Aspergillus antigen may be performed.5 Cerebral spinal fluid analysis is often normal, but increased protein concentration (albuminocytologic dissociation) or a neutrophilic pleocytosis is occasionally observed.1 When urine, blood cultures, and serology have not identified a cause, CT or fluoroscopy - guided fine - needle aspiration of the infected disc space may be performed under general anesthesia, or a surgical biopsy specimen from the lesion can be obtained for culture.