excisional
- adjective
- /ɪkˈsɪʒənəl/
- Specialized
- Twenty percent of respondents would always perform an excisional biopsy of skin lesions suspicious for melanoma.
- excisional biopsy
- excisional biopsy for lesions
- perform an excisional
Examples
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Therefore, an important precept of management is that when cytologic findings do not agree with the clinical impression, excisional biopsy is warranted.
Academic text (1999) -
The patient was taken to the operating room for an excisional biopsy of the tongue mass.
Academic text (2004) -
Based on these findings, an excisional biopsy was planned.
Academic text (2005) -
An excisional biopsy under local anesthesia was performed in the clinic.
Academic text (2006) -
Excisional biopsy was done, and the tissue was sent for histopathology.
Academic text (2007) -
The excisional biopsy demonstrated a large, well-circumscribed area of tissue necrosis.
Academic text (2007) -
Patients with clearly benign FNAB pathology are not candidates for excisional biopsy and are placed on observation status.
Academic text (2005) -
Currently, the National Institutes of Health recommends taking an excisional biopsy to obtain a diagnosis of a skin lesion suspicious for melanoma (4).
Academic text (2015) -
In the sixth patient, cytology of a parotid mass was consistent with an adenoma, but excisional biopsy later revealed that it was an acinic cell carcinoma.
Academic text (1999) -
The surgeon performed an excisional procedure to completely remove the tumor from her breast.
Synonyms
A medical treatment that removes diseased tissue or an organ
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word excisional comes from the Latin parts ex- ('out') and caedere ('to cut'), the same root you see in incision ('cut'). So an excisional procedure is one that 'cuts out' something completely, like removing a whole tumor.