Needle aspiration biopsy

Immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), is a blood disorder that is characterized by the destruction of the blood platelets caused by the presence of antiplatelet antibodies. This bleeding disorder is not associated with a systemic disease. It’s typically chronic in adults, but self-limited in children. The trouble with this there is not defining diagnostic that presents this disease clearly, instead the diagnosis is presented through the exclusion of other variables. Typically, patients have…

They also may order a biopsy of the lung tissues. If cancer is found, the doctor has to identify the type of lung cell that is affected. Different types of cells respond differently to treatments. Doctors may also check to see if the cancer spread to other parts of the body. Different type of treatment could be used, if this was true. http://www.cancer.gov/images/cdr/live/CDR531057-750.jpg In this picture you can see a Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of the Lung. The needle removes a piece of…

to our department with a large (3x3cm) node of the R neck, level II, which he had had for 3 years. His fine needle aspiration (FNA) results showed potential small cell neuro-endocrine tumour, but had insufficient tissue for a confirmed diagnosis. His oncologist sent him for further staging tests, which included a MRI which only confirmed the nodal involvement and advised a core needle biopsy of the mass. This revealed a squamous cell carcinoma with basaloid features. Patient Y had poorly…

Neuroblastoma is a type of childhood cancer that starts in immature nerve cells in the sympathetic nervous system. The autonomic system ( which is part of the peripheral nervous system) is divided into to the parasympathetic system and the sympathetic nervous system. The parasympathetic nervous system controls activities when the body is at rest. The sympathetic nervous system controls involuntary body functions like breathing and digestion. It prepares the body for action. The nerves in this…

The cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood (“Major Functions,” n.d.). Leukemia is a malignant cancer of the blood and bone marrow that affects this system and involves an abnormal growth of white blood cells (McGlaufin, Munger, and Nelson, 2015). Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a subtype of this disease and is most common in older adults, specifically males 65 and older (Turbeville, 2014). In AML, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells, red blood cells…

recent years, thyroid nodules have become one of the common endocrine problems in the United States. The vast majority of thyroid nodules detected during physical examination are benign; however, 5-10% of palpable nodules prove to be malignant on biopsy (1, 2). On palpation, a solid thyroid nodule has a higher chance of being malignant (3,4). The American Thyroid Association and the American Society of Radiologists in the United States have defined various ultrasound (US) based prognostic…

cancer is diagnosed by pathologic confirmation of tissue demonstrating carcinoma (malignant epithelial cells) on biopsy. Asymptomatic women who are incidentally found to have a breast mass on routine mammography typically undergo breast biopsy guided by mammogram (stereotactic biopsy) or ultrasound. Those that have a breast mass typically receive fine-needle aspiration or core needle biopsy of the lesion. Individuals with quickly progressive lesions that are tender with signs of thickening…

chest x-ray and CT scan of the chest to detect lung metastases, a bone scan of the body to rule out distant spread of the disease, and a biopsy of the tumor” (Ryan, S., & Sorens, M. (2012, October). There are 2 types of biopsies; a needle aspiration or a surgical biopsy, with location playing a key part in deciding which procedure to perform. By performing the biopsy doctors will also be able to tell how malignant the tumor is, and the stage of the…

When a person has three thyroid nodules present, they are usually recommended to have a Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) with a guided ultrasound. Once the sample is collected and sent for testing a cytotechnologist and then a pathologist will interrupt the results. When I was doing my clinical rotations for my certificate in cytology I was told that thyroid FNAs were considered our “bread and butter”. Now, I didn’t realize what that meant at that time in my career, I just thought okay, this…

white cells count was raised at 12,000/mm3. He was diagnosed to have infected left branchial cleft cyst and was treated with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. He returned three weeks later with increasing pain over the cystic neck swelling. Fine needle aspiration yielded 18 ml of straw-coloured fluid. Cytological examination of the fluid showed singly distributed large atypical…