Education Topic: Biopsies

You are shown images of percutaneous biopsies done under image guidance to illustrate the relative simplicity of such procedures over open biopsies and their inherent risks and merits

Education Topic

Percutaneous biopsy

What is percutaneous biopsy? Per means ‘through’ in Latin; ‘cutaneous’ derives from cutis, which is Latin for skin. Bio- is a combining form from the Greek word bios, meaning life, and opsis is Greek for vision. Percutaneous biopsy, then, is the removal of living tissue through the skin, usually with a needle. Tissue can be […]