How to do a breast biopsy

In fact, many of the current biopsy techniques are used to check for cancer. As we all know, cancer is currently a very difficult disease to cure, especially in the middle and late stages, which is even more difficult to treat and can quickly cause the patient to lose his life. Therefore, once you find yourself feeling unwell, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time. Here we will introduce to you how to perform a breast biopsy.

Breast biopsy is the abbreviation of "breast biopsy pathological examination". It refers to a method of taking pathological examination of diseased tissue from the patient's living body through surgical methods such as local excision, forceps, puncture needle aspiration, scraping, and removal to determine the diagnosis.

Abnormal results: A positive test result means that cancer cells are found and the patient may have breast cancer and needs further diagnosis and treatment. People who need to be examined: middle-aged and elderly women, people with breast lumps and abnormal breast pain.

Unsuitable group: breastfeeding women. Taboos before examination: No special taboos. Examination requirements: (l) If the tumor is small (less than 2.5 cm) and has no adhesions to surrounding tissues, it should be removed as completely as possible, fixed with 10% formalin, and immediately sent to the pathology department for biopsy. (2) If the tumor is adhered to the skin, the skin should be excised in a diamond shape during biopsy to facilitate postoperative suturing. (3) If the tumor is large and adheres to the surrounding area, it is difficult to completely remove it. If it is suspected to be malignant, when removing the specimen, try to remove 2-3 pieces of tissue from the obvious lesion and different parts of the tissue for pathological sectioning. (4) If the tumor is far from the nipple, when taking the biopsy specimen, the skin should be cut radially with the nipple as the center. This can reduce the number of milk supply loops cut off without affecting the subsequent radical resection surgery.

(5) If the lump is close to the nipple, make a circular incision along the junction of the areola and the breast skin as much as possible so that the mark is not obvious. (6) When removing suspicious breast tissue, the depth must be sufficient to avoid only removing necrotic tissue on the surface of the tumor or only a few cells, which would make it difficult to make a pathological histological judgment.