wedge biopsy

wedge bi·op·sy

excision of a cuneiform specimen.

wedge biopsy

Surgical pathology An excisional biopsy in which a lesion identified at the time of a surgical procedure is removed, with a wedge of normal surrounding tissue. See Biopsy, Excisional biopsy, Wedge resection.
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(10,11) Respiratory bronchiolitis is usually of little clinical consequence and is discovered incidentally in patients undergoing lung wedge biopsy to evaluate for other forms of lung disease.
A Review of Smoking-Related Interstitial Fibrosis, Respiratory Bronchiolitis, and Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia: Overlapping Histology and Confusing Terminology
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Rarely occurrance of two diffuse idiopathic neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia cases
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When initial washings did not yield significant amount of secretions, the diagnosis of PAP was questioned and WLL was converted to wedge biopsy of the lung in the operating room.
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in Setting of Inhaled Toxin Exposure and Chronic Substance Abuse
A cortical wedge biopsy of the size 1x0.5x 0.3 [cm.sup.3] of the transplanted kidney was taken immediately after revascularization on completion of vascular anastomosis.
Can zero-hour cortical biopsy predict early graft outcomes after living donor renal transplantation?
Wedge biopsy was done and sent for histopathological examination.
Oral ulcers--a clinicopathological profile
Pathological report of the gallbladder and wedge biopsy of liver hilar mass after immunohistochemistry showed large B-cell lymphoma (positive for CD20+ lymphocytes) and acute chronic cholecystitis [Figure 2, 3, and 4].
Primary hepatic lymphoma mimicking cholangiocarcinoma
We decided to interrupt the Kasai operation and only perform cholecystectomy and wedge biopsy of the liver.
Clinical and pathological challenges in the diagnosis of late-onset biliary atresia: four case studies
A wedge biopsy of the liver was taken for more thorough histologic evaluation.
Portal hypertension from nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver with distal splenorenal shunt
A penile wedge biopsy taken for histopathological examination showed features suggestive of a chronic penile ulcer.
Chronic genital ulcer disease with subsequent development of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) urethritis and bacteraemia in an HIV-seropositive person--a case observation
Wedge biopsy from both breasts showed partly ulcerated skin and underlying markedly necrotic squamous cell carcinoma with moderate to poor differentiation (Figure-2).
Bilateral Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Breast in a Pre Menopausal Woman
The Otago University research also Looked at patients within the Green study period, comparing those initially managed with a small, diagnostic punch or wedge biopsy of the cervix, with patients treated at the outset with procedures including cone biopsy or hysterectomy.
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