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Excisional and Incisional Biopsy

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Types
  • Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
  • Cardiac biopsy
  • Core biopsy
  • Endometrial biopsy
  • Endoscopic biopsy
  • Excisional and incisional biopsy
  • Fine-needle aspiration biopsy
  • Lymph node biopsy
  • Needle biopsy
  • Open biopsy
  • Punch biopsy
  • Sentinel lymph node biopsy
  • Shave biopsy
  • Skin biopsy
Overview
Types
  • Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
  • Cardiac biopsy
  • Core biopsy
  • Endometrial biopsy
  • Endoscopic biopsy
  • Excisional and incisional biopsy
  • Fine-needle aspiration biopsy
  • Lymph node biopsy
  • Needle biopsy
  • Open biopsy
  • Punch biopsy
  • Sentinel lymph node biopsy
  • Shave biopsy
  • Skin biopsy

Excisional Biopsy and Incisional Biopsy

When the entire tumor is removed, the procedure is called an excisional biopsy. If only a portion of the tumor is removed, the procedure is referred to as an incisional biopsy. When possible, excisional biopsy is the preferred method when melanoma is suspected.

An excisional biopsy, also called a wide local incision, involves surgical removal of a tumor and some normal tissue around it. The amount of normal tissue taken (also called the clinical margin) depends on the thickness of the tumor. In the case of possible melanoma, skin grafting (taking skin from another part of the body to replace the skin that is removed) or rotation flaps of skin from other sites may be used to cover the wound resulting from the wide local excision, but most cutaneous melanoma excisions can be closed without placement of a skin graft.

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