#4 BIOPSY Flashcards
bios came from greek word?
life
opsy came from greek word?
look/appearance
It is the excision and examination of tissue from a living subject for diagnostic purposes
Biopsy
What is the preferred site to perform biopsy?
at the periphery of the tumor
Careful handling of the tissue is mandatory for?
sarcoma and lymphoma
T or F: Biopsy could be therapeutic
True
They introduced surgical biopsy as an essential tool for diagnosis in Berlin on year ____
1870, Ruge and Joham Vert
He put forward an argument that confirmations should be made before surgeries for malignancies on year ____?
1889, Emarch
He 1st introduced this principle (Biopsy) in US
William Halsted
What year is the study of exfoliated cells from a female genital tract by Papanicolau (papsmear)?
1941
Why was biopsy adapted?
to study cells from other body systems
The indication for biopsy includes a lesion that persist with no apparent etiologic basis for?
more than 2 weeks
The indication for biopsy includes a inflammatory lesion that does not respond to local treatment after?
10 to 14 days
The indication for biopsy includes a persistent ________ changes in surfaces tissue
hyperkeratotic
it is a condition due to excess keratin that harden and thicken the outer layer of skin
Hyperkeratosis
The indication for biopsy includes any persistent _________ that is visible or palpable beneath normal tissue
Tumescence or swelling
Indication of biopsy includes __________ and __________ of tissue rejection after transplant on kidney and liver
Evaluation and monitoring
What are the types of biopsy?
- Exfoliative cytology
- Excisional biopsy
- Incisional biopsy
- Aspiration/needle biopsy
- Bite biopsy
- Cutaneous biopsy
- Punch biopsy
- Shave biopsy
- Wedge biopsy
Now widely used for diagnosis of malignant conditions susch as cervix, vagina, uterus, bronchial, urine and CSF and in fluid aspirated from pleural and peritoneal cavities.
Exfoliative Cytology
Smears are made from expected metastasis, desquamated cells, desquamated cells, sex hormonal status in females, sex chromatin phenotype
Exfoliative cytology
Refer to the shedding of dead skin cells from the outermost layer of the skin
Desquamated cells
What is the standardized fixative for exfoliative smear?
95% ethanol
the complete removal of lesion and most reliable biopsy, this permits pathologist to examine all of the suspicious tissue.
Excisional biopsy
Excisional biopsy may be done for unfixed sample and is immediate diagnosis using?
frozen section–cryostat