A biopsy might be recommended whenever there is an important medical question the biopsy could help answer. Here are just a few examples: Amammogramshows a lump or mass, indicating the possibility ofbreast cancer. A mole on theskinhas changed shape recently and melanoma is possible. ...
Mrs. Miller Body: A Case Study In this case study the patient’s regular physician referred her to a clinic to have a mole examined. The patient’s mole is located on the left upper quadrant of her abdomen. That means the mole is below her left breast. Given a more descriptive detail...
The Mole: Closing the Circle on Sentinel Lymph Node BiopsyZoler, Mitchel L
Neben der histopatholo- gischen Diagnosestellung ist mittels Tu- morgewebeanalytik ebenso eine moleku- lare Charakterisierung möglich, worauf therapeutische Entscheidungen zuneh- mend fußen [7]. Jedoch hat diese „Spot- light-Diagnostik" zu nur einem singu- lären Zeitpunkt erhebliche ...
Biological samples of free-ranging dolphins are increasingly used to gain information on population structure and ecology. In small cetaceans, the gender o
By PCR on DNA extracted from a biopsy sample, we identified the worm as S. erinaceieuro- paei, distinguishing it from S. proliferum, a taxonomically related species known for its ability to proliferate (with po- tentially fatal consequences) in the human host. From a histological section,...