punch biopsy
Skin core extraction
A punch biopsy is a medical procedure that removes a small cylinder of tissue for examination, using a circular blade pressed into the skin like a cookie cutter.
It's commonly used to diagnose skin conditions and certain cancers: The dermatologist performed a punch biopsy on the suspicious mole.
- skinBody's outer layer
- skin sampleExcised dermal tissue for examination
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- tissue sampleExcised cells for examination
- sampleSubset for study
needle · dermatologist · lesion · mole · specimen · cylindrical · core · wound · bleeding · stitches · local · anesthetic · local anesthesia · pathology · melanoma · skin cancer · diagnosis · scalpel
- Dermatologyskin graft, skin grafting, mole removal, cryotherapy, dermabrasion
- medical instrumentsscalpel, forceps, needle, catheter, retractor
- Minor Surgerymole removal, cyst removal, wart removal, skin tag removal, corn removal
- biopsy toolstrephine
- surgical removalsexcision, removal, tumor excision, resection, mastectomy
- Skin Pathologymelanoma, basal cell carcinoma, skin cancer, dermatitis, eczema