North Coast Radiology
Clarence Valley Imaging
Dr Craig Dyer and Partners
Specialists in Medical Imaging
About biopsy
What is a Biopsy?
This is obtaining cells from a lump by using a needle, so that a
definitive diagnosis can be given.
The cells are looked at by a pathologist under the microscope.
The results are therefore not available immediately.
The test is done under Ultrasound or
Computed
Tomography depending on site of the lump.
A local anaesthetic is usually given first and the the fine needle
is passed into the lump to obtain the cells.
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