Image-guided core biopsy of the breast
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Nova Scotia Health Authority. Diagnostic Imaging.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2319
- Available Online
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During an image-guided core biopsy of the breast, a radiologist (a doctor who specializes in reading medical images like X-rays and ultrasounds) uses a needle to take small tissue samples from your breast. This pamphlet explains why you may need a core biopsy of the breast, how to get ready for this test, how the test is done, and what will happen after the test. Signs of an infection or that the puncture site is not healing well, and information about when you will get your results is included…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Diagnostic Imaging
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (6 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Diseases - diagnosis
- Biopsy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Breast--Diseases--Diagnosis
- Breast--Biopsy
- Specialty
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Abstract
- During an image-guided core biopsy of the breast, a radiologist (a doctor who specializes in reading medical images like X-rays and ultrasounds) uses a needle to take small tissue samples from your breast. This pamphlet explains why you may need a core biopsy of the breast, how to get ready for this test, how the test is done, and what will happen after the test. Signs of an infection or that the puncture site is not healing well, and information about when you will get your results is included. Contact information for the Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program (NSBSP) Patient Navigator is given.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Diagnostic Imaging; adapted with permission from IWK Health
- Pamphlet Number
- 2319
