excisional

Examples

• All

• 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

E

extirpative

vsexcisional

• Specialized

9.9

A medical treatment that removes diseased tissue or an organ

focuses specifically on complete removal by cutting in surgical contexts

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology