Needle aspiration biopsy

Sending people to the hospital for more than 100 years, leukemia affects a high percent of earth’s population. Researchers and scientists work insistently every day to help patients diagnosed with leukemia. Before the knowledge of this illness and its causing factors, many other known “ailments” aided to the treatment of the infamous disease. Medicine, as many people know, had not contributed to society until around the 16th and 17th century, therefore viciously increasing the health of many,…

breast cancer can be diagnosed. Self-exam and mammography are really valuable, but the tumor can be there for 8-10 years before it is found. Lab tests must be performed in order to give a positive result. These include percutaneous needle aspiration biopsy, excisional biopsy, and blood marker tests (“Breast,”…

Abstract Chronic myelogenous leukemia also known as chronic granulocytic leukemia or CML, was the first cancer to be clearly linked to a genetic abnormality as the primary cause of oncogene formation. This bone marrow stem cell disorder is associated with a chromosomal translocation, which leads to the formation of an oncogenic protein. This translocation and oncogenic protein is then responsible for inhibiting DNA repair and the enhancing the susceptibility of further genetic abnormalities.…

VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY College of Nursing and Health Professions Nursing 605: Advanced Health Assessment Breast Lump Case Study Jane is a 37 year old woman who presents today after finding multiple, tender breast masses last week. She reports the masses were located on the upper outer quadrant of both breasts, and were very painful. Although the pain seems to have subsided, and she no longer feels the masses, she has kept her appointment for further evaluation. She tearfully shares with you…

The thyroid gland is an organ in the endocrine system located in the throat next to the Adam’s apple and although small shaped is extremely important to a patient’s health. The primary function of the thyroid is to produce two specific thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), and secrete calcitonin that circulates continuously from the gland through the blood to all parts of the body. In fact, thyroid hormones are essential for operating “almost all the cells in the body,…

Adrenal incidentaloma (AI) refers to an otherwise unsuspected adrenal mass found in up to 5 % of patients undergoing radiological imaging. As high as one in five incidentalomas are functional; hypersecretion of cortisol causing Cushing’s or Subclinical Cushing’s Syndrome (SCS), catecholamines leading to pheochromocytoma, aldosterone resulting in primary aldosteronism (Conn’s syndrome), androgens leading to virilization of patients, and in very rare cases renin manifesting as secondary…

A craniotomy allows more surgical procedures to be performed. Some common procedures include stereotactic biopsy, stereotactic aspiration, and endoscopic craniotomy. During a stereotactic biopsy, a needle is inserted into the brain to gather tissue from an abnormal area. The tissue is then examined under a microscope. Stereotactic aspiration is the expulsion of fluid from cysts, hematomas, or abscesses. During endoscopic craniotomy, a lighted scope with a camera is put into…

Cancer is a big issue in America, it is the second leading cause of death. It affects many different ranges of people whether it is there age, race, and ethnicity. “Pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia incidence rates out of 1,000,000 for ages 0-19 in 2006-2010 for sex and race/ethnicity; 38.4 for boys, 30.2 for girls, 34.2 for non-hispanic white, 18.3 for non-hispanic black, 44.9 for hispanic, and 28.7 for asian american/pacific islander” (American Cancer Society, 2014). Pediatric oncology is…

The main cause of this cancer is asbestos exposure, once inhaled into the lungs, asbestos travels to the pleura. The body then tries to fight off the needle-like fibres, over time, trapped fibres irritate the pleural membrane, causing chronic inflammation and scarring. Painters have been linked to being at risk of mesothelioma due to the chemicals in the paint (Cancer research UK, n.d.a.). Unfortunately…

acute dyspnea and suffocation o 'Can 't breathe ' is a short summation of complaints in the child that is exquisitely accurate o The patient may report paresthesia ( 'pins and needles sensation ') as a manifestation of hyperventilation; peri-oral paresthesia is typical o In some cases the patient may arrive in…