Excisional biopsy
An excisional biopsy is a biopsy where the lesion is also excised or removed. When people here the word biopsy, they usually think that just a small sampling of the lesion will be obtained. However, there are times when its more appropriate to remove the whole lesion and send it to pathology. This would be an excisional biopsy.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: excisional biopsy?
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A 41-year old asked:
How bad is pain from a surgical excisional biopsy ?
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A 43-year old asked:
Do i need to rest after having an excisional biopsy?
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A 34-year old asked:
Need to pain relief after having an excisional biopsy?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Is a fine needle or excisional biopsy better to diagnose lymphoma?
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A 54-year old male asked:
Would excisional biopsy of a lymph node spread cancer?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Hi my doctore advised that i had an extra mamary tissue though it is not painful my doctor advised me to undergo wide excision biopsy. Is it safe?
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A 34-year old female asked:
May i know the simple explanation for this diagnosis: (post auricular area), excision biopsy: cellular spindle cell lesion favor nodular fascitis?
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A 47-year old asked:
How long do I need to recover from excisional biopsy of the breast?
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A 40-year old asked:
How long will I need to recover from an excisional biopsy of the breast?
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A 30-year old asked:
Excisional biopsy yesterday on armpit growth it was sent to pathology, when can tell if its malignant?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Multiple swollen neck lymph nodes. Excisional biopsy came back normal. Called them reactive nodes. Why is this?
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A 39-year old female asked:
How long will I be off work for an excisional biopsy of a deep cervical chain lymph node? How long will I be in the hospital?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I had an excisional biopsy about a month ago on my foot, whenever the area on my foot even slightly touches another surface, it causes a lot of pain. Is that normal?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Average cost of lymph node biopsy with out insurance? Is an excisional biopsy in neck done under local anesthesia?
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A 38-year old male asked:
Fna of enlarged cervical node showed atypical cells. Dr. Wants excisional biopsy. What are the chances that this is cancer?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Swollen cervical lymph nodes for over a year. Same size. Random fevers had excisional biopsy came back normal? What could be wrong
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A 46-year old female asked:
What specialist performs supraclavicular lymph node excisional biopsy? Does this procedure require image guidance if the node is palpable?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I had a shave biopsy on a mole and my dermatologist told me that I need a excision biopsy. Why?
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A 28-year old female asked:
If a dr thought a mole was melanoma, do they usually do an excision biopsy as opposed to a shave?
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A 40-year old male asked:
Can a benign Nevus grow back if excisional biopsy did not 100% remove it although it was removed completely to the naked eye? How long would it take?
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A 29-year old female asked:
How can I tell if I had a shave or excisional biopsy to remove a suspicious mole? Dr used local &?scalpel, around margins of mole. Some pigment return
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A 19-year old female asked:
Hi, I had an excisional biopsy surgery on my foot near my ankle, it actually still hurts and its been about a month. Is that normal? Or should I make an appointment?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I had an excisional biopsy 4 ish months ago, it bleeds every night and is very sore, this morning i bled quite a bit and the wound became stringy and jelly like and im in pain. The doctor keeps telling me its healing but it doesnt seem to be?
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A 54-year old male asked:
Could an excisional biopsy of swollen lymph node have caused the spread of squamous cell to the lungs?
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Do i need to take time off work after a breast biopsy? Im having an excisional biopsy as an outpatient. Should i ask for time off to recover?
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A 34-year old female asked about a 29-year old female:
If a tongue lesion(1cm)is biopsized using incisional biopsy,is there risk of spreading cancer(if infact pathology showed cancer)? Or is it better to do excisional biopsy?which one carries risk of spreading cancer cells?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Had excisional biopsy everything came back clear. Still have swollen lymph nodes in neck. Same size. why is that? Was told there reactive nodes
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A 26-year old female asked:
Do surgical margins matter for benign breast conditions (after excisional biopsy surgery)? Would re-excision be necessary if no malignancy is found?
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A 37-year old female asked:
1.5 years ago benign excisional biopsy in breast. When standing up there is a hardish lump. If they do an ultrasound would a possible tumor be visible? because the normal tissue there was distorted from biopsy. If US is ok can i trust on that?
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