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lymph node biopsy
Indications:
- lymphadenopathy, fevers, night sweats, weight loss
- mastocytoma
- mast cell sarcoma
- histiocytic neoplasm
- malignant histiocytosis
- diagnosis of lymphoma
- diagnosis of metastatic cancer
- staging of cancer
- staging of breast cancer
- staging of lymphoma
Procedure:
- excisional lymph node biopsy
- resection of entire lymph node is needed with architecture preserved
- fine-needle aspiration not sufficient for diagnosis of lymphoma* ,
* needle aspiration sufficient for diagnosis of lung cancer according to ref [2]
* surgical biopsy preferable to core biopsy [2]
Related
lymph node
lymphadenectomy; lymph node dissection
sentinel lymph node procedure
Specific
axillary lymph node biopsy
cervical lymph node biopsy
retroperitoneal lymph node biopsy
General
tissue biopsy
References
- CPT
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018