| ISA | BIOPSY |
| ANCESTORS | ALL BIOPSY DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE EVENT HEALTH-SERVE INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST MEDICAL-SERVE PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT WORK-ACTIVITY |
| RELATIONS | DIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : BRAIN-TUMOR MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST USES : COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY |
| stereotactic biopsy | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun reliability code: 10 definition: diagnostic procedure in which a scanning device is used to find a tumor site that is difficult to locate. In a brain biopsy, the patient undergoes a CT scan with his or her head firmly in a special device to minimize movement. The target, shown on the CT scan, is approached with a needle through a hole made in the skull.Tissue for a biopsy is then removed with a needle. This is a diagnostic procedure for brain cancer and breast cancer. (en) check date: 11/08/2001number: singular |
| stereotactic fine needle biopsy | term type: synonym definition: see stereotactic biopsy. (en) part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 origination date: 11/07/2000 originator: Claudia |
| SFNB | term type: acronym definition: see stereotactic biopsy. (en) part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 origination date: 11/07/2000 originator: Claudia |
| biopsia estereotáctica | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular definition: método muy preciso para tomar muestras de tejidos cerebrales (biopsias) mediante un orificio muy pequeño en el cráneo, de manera que se evita realizar una operación más complicada, lo que conlleva una disminución de los riesgos y del tiempo de estancia en el hospital. Para la localización de la lesión se precisa TAC y/o RNM. El objetivo fundamental es la determinación del diagnóstico. También figura entre las técnicas más avanzadas para el diagnóstico del cáncer de mama y enfermedades relacionadas (biopsia estereotáctica de mama). (es) reliability code: 10 |