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Skin biopsy
Punch biopsy
ICD-9-CM
86.11
Skin biopsy is a biopsy technique in which a skin lesion is removed to be sent to a pathologist to render a microscopic diagnosis. It is usually done under local anesthetic in a physician's office, and results are often available in 4 to 10 days. It is commonly performed by dermatologists. Skin biopsies are also done by family physicians, internists, surgeons, and other specialties. However, performed incorrectly, and without appropriate clinical information, a pathologist's interpretation of a skin biopsy can be severely limited, and therefore doctors and patients may forgo traditional biopsy techniques and instead choose Mohs surgery.
There are four main types of skin biopsies: shave biopsy, punch biopsy, excisional biopsy, and incisional biopsy. The choice of the different skin biopsies is dependent on the suspected diagnosis of the skin lesion. Like most biopsies, patient consent and anesthesia (usually lidocaine injected into the skin) are prerequisites.[citation needed]
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vesicles); and color (red, yellow, etc.). Some diagnoses may also require a skinbiopsy which yields histologic information that can be correlated with the clinical...
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count, TORCH infections, haemoglobin, viral cultures and Coombs test. A skinbiopsy may be useful. Conditions that may appear similar include hemangiopericytoma...
supported by a skinbiopsy, usually a punch biopsy, which shows arterial calcification and occlusion in the absence of vasculitis. Excisional biopsy should not...
indicate autoinflammatory disease as well as other autoimmune disorders. A skinbiopsy should be part of the diagnostic process if UV as well as an autoinflammatory...
with a small wedge biopsy or small punch biopsy. Thin deep wedge biopsies can heal very well on acral skin, and small punch biopsies can give enough clue...
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