Biopsy

a specimen taken from a part of living body for microscopic examination to achieve definite diagnosis

Lesions that persist for long periods of time need to be biopsied

• True

• False

Normal anatomical variants need to be biopsied

• True

• False

The following are indications for biopsy, except:

• Lesion shows a rapid increase in size.

• Persistent colour changes

• Presence of firm/ hard regional lymph nodes

• irritative lesions

Excisional biopsy is used for therapeutic purposes only

• True

• False

large lesions more than 1 cm diameter are indicated for:

• incisional biopsy

• excisional biospy

• drill biopsy

• Exfoliative cytology

In Excisional biopsy, if nerve blocks are not possible, we can inject directly into the lesion

• True

• False

The incision of excisional biopsy should be...

• converging

• diverging

• rectangular

• non of the above

In an excisional biopsy, safety margins depend on the type of the lesion, and it's bigger in...

• benign lesions

• malignant lesions

• both have the same safety margins

In an Excisional biopsy, suction devices should be avoided.

• True

• False