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fine needle aspiration (FNA)/biopsy
Aspiration or biopsy of tissue by insertion of a long thin needle. The procedure may be performed under fluoroscopic guidance.
Indications:
- head & neck neoplasm
- thyroid nodule
- salivary gland neoplasm
- head & neck cancer
- breast mass
- liver mass
- aspiration of abscess
- evaluation of hemangioma
- incidentaloma (adrenal adenoma)
- solitary pulmonary nodule
Contraindications:
- lymph node biopsy (use excisional biopsy)
- evaluation of breast cancer (use core or excisional biopsy)
Specific
amniocentesis
fine needle aspiration orbit
transbronchial needle aspiration
upper gastrointestinal endoscopic ultrasound-guided FNA
General
aspiration (procedure)
tissue biopsy
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006
- WebMD: Fine Needle Aspiration
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/fine-needle-aspiration-topic-overview