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Fine needle aspiration biopsy

Known as: Aspiration, Fine-Needle, Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsies, biopsy aspiration 
The removal of tissue or fluid with a thin needle for examination under a microscope.

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1950-2017
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Aspiration needlesBiopsy needleBody FluidsBone marrow biopsy
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BiopsyFine-needle biopsyNeedle biopsy procedure

Narrower (1)

bone biopsy

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1936-2018
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Fine needle aspiration biopsy
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Molecular testing for mutations in improving the fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of thyroid nodules.
CONTEXT Thyroid nodules are common in adults, but only a small fraction of them are malignant. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) with… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Performance of endosonography-guided fine needle aspiration and biopsy in the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions
OBJECTIVE:Preoperative diagnosis of cystic lesions of the pancreas remains difficult despite improvement in imaging modalities… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
New sonographic criteria for recommending fine-needle aspiration biopsy of nonpalpable solid nodules of the thyroid.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to provide new sonographic criteria for fine-needle aspiration biopsy of nonpalpable solid… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Endosonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in the evaluation of pancreatic masses
OBJECTIVES:Diagnosis of pancreatic tumors can be problematic. This study aimed to determine the performance of endoscopic… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of suspected pancreatic cancer.
BACKGROUND In many institutions, computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has become the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Diagnostic accuracy of conventional versus sonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules.
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is an accurate, slightly invasive, and safe method for the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Endosonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy: diagnostic accuracy and complication assessment.
BACKGROUND & AIMS Endosonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) permits cytological confirmation of EUS findings… (More)
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1991
1991
Fine needle aspiration biopsy in orbital tumours.
Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) was performed in 46 patients with an orbital mass. Positive cytological identification was… (More)
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1985
1985
Orbital fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
Fine-needle aspiration was used as a primary orbital diagnostic technique in 156 patients. A 20-mm syringe, a 22-gauge, 3.75-cm… (More)
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1982
1982
Fine needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules.
BACKGROUND Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) is a routine diagnostic technique for evaluating thyroid nodules. Many reports in… (More)
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