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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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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
The Lymph Nodes
Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is the most useful minimally invasive approach in the evaluation of lymphadenopathy. The diagnostic… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Local tumour cell seeding by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. A semiquantitative study.
We have performed fine-needle biopsies from solid or ascites-growing mouse tumours. The biopsies were taken via striated muscle… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The value of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in subcentimeter thyroid nodules.
BACKGROUND The need to perform fine-needle aspiration biopsy (TFNAB) on subcentimeter thyroid nodules is less clear than for… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid.
  • K. Suen
  • CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal…
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 20306210
This article describes contemporary understanding of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of the thyroid gland, with particular… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid assessed by Ultrafast Papanicolaou stain: data from 1135 biopsies with a two- to six-year follow-up.
One of the limitations of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of the thyroid is difficulty in distinguishing the follicular variant (FV… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Role of fine‐needle aspiration biopsy in breast lesions: Analysis of a series of 4,110 cases
From January of 1990 to December of 1992, 6,954 consecutive cytologic breast fine‐needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) were… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Pediatric fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
A total of 135 fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies from varying sites were performed in 123 children (mean, 10.5 years; range… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Ultrasonography related to clinical and laboratory findings in lymphocytic thyroiditis.
The value of ultrasonography compared with established diagnostic procedures was investigated by reviewing medical records of 92… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer: Comparative study of 213 operated patients
Between 1982 and 1984, fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology (ABC) was performed in 1100 patients (aged 14–80, 993 women), with… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Percutaneous fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of the pancreas
Percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy of the pancreas allows to obtain without surgery a tissue proven diagnosis of focal… 
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