Sentences with phrase «small needle samples»

It is typically initially diagnosed using small needle samples (aspirates) collected from enlarged lymph nodes.

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You might also be offered amniocentesis, which tests a small sample of amniotic fluid withdrawn by an ultrasound - guided needle, between now and 18 weeks.

A small needle is inserted into your amniotic fluid, and a small sample is withdrawn and tested for genetic disorders.

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.

The term «microreactor» sounds complicated, but basically it is just a small container with a stir bar for mixing chemical samples and a very thin needle for spraying and ionizing the sample for analysis witha mass spectrometer.

The researchers found dozens of graphite particles in a small dark patch on the sample — a region just 0.1 square millimeter in area — as well as seven needle - shaped rolls of carbon called graphite whiskers.

«Saliva is easy to collect, there is no need for a needle or a blood sample and it would be wonderful if in the future we only had to ask a pregnant woman to produce a small sample of saliva to know whether or not she was at risk of very early premature birth.

During a blood test, a health care professional will take a blood sample from a vein in your arm, using a small needle.

In the United States a heel stick test (using a needle prick on the baby's heel for a small blood sample) is done at the ripe old age of 3 days old to test for Phenylketonuria (PKU) and other disorders.

In many cases cancers can be diagnosed by withdrawing a sample of tumor cells with a small needle, while in other cases a surgical biopsy may be performed.

Ultrasound can also be used to guide a needle into a diseased organ or a tumor to get a small sample of tissue.

Diagnosis of Feline Fatty Liver disease is done by taking a small sample of the liver through a needle called a fine needle aspirate test.

We can use a slightly larger needle and try again, biopsy the lump (obtaining a small tissue sample), remove the entire lump with surgery, or monitor it carefully and see if it changes in a short period.

Mast cell tumors of the skin can be diagnosed by taking a small sample of the area with a fine needle.

If they have an ultrasound machine in their office they may use it to help find your cat's (now smaller) bladder and extract a sterile urine sample directly from the bladder with a small needle (a common procedure called cystocentesis, more often abbreviated to just cysto).