Image showing core needle biopsy

A core needle biopsy uses a long, hollow tube to extract a core of tissue. Here, a biopsy of a suspicious breast lump is being done. The core is sent to a laboratory for testing.

See also

  1. Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  2. Acne
  3. Actinic keratosis
  4. Atrial septal defect (ASD)
  5. Autoimmune pancreatitis
  6. Back pain
  7. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
  8. Binge-eating disorder
  9. Bladder exstrophy
  10. Boils and carbuncles
  11. Burning mouth syndrome
  12. Central nervous system vascular malformations
  13. Childhood obesity
  14. Chordoma
  15. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  16. Crohn's disease
  17. Cystitis
  18. Diabetes
  19. Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease)
  20. Diabetic neuropathy
  21. Dislocated shoulder
  22. End-stage renal disease
  23. Ependymoma
  24. Epilepsy
  25. Fibroadenoma
  26. Fibrocystic breasts
  27. Fuchs dystrophy
  28. Genital warts
  29. Hairy cell leukemia
  30. Hay fever
  31. Heart murmurs
  32. High blood pressure (hypertension)
  33. Hilar cholangiocarcinoma
  34. Hydrocele
  35. Hypoparathyroidism
  36. Hypopituitarism
  37. Incompetent cervix
  38. Intestinal ischemia
  39. Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
  40. Listeria infection
  41. Liver cancer
  42. Melanoma
  43. Menopause
  44. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
  45. Myelodysplastic syndromes
  46. Nail fungus
  47. Nicotine dependence
  48. Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
  49. Peripheral neuropathy
  50. Postherpetic neuralgia
  51. Pulmonary atresia
  52. Pulmonary hypertension
  53. Pulmonary valve stenosis
  54. Radiation sickness
  55. Raynaud's disease
  56. Rhabdomyosarcoma
  57. Rickets
  58. Sacroiliitis
  59. Self-injury/cutting
  60. Skin cancer
  61. Snoring
  62. Sweating and body odor
  63. Syphilis
  64. Tension headache
  65. Tongue cancer
  66. Transposition of the great arteries
  67. Triple X syndrome
  68. Type 1 diabetes in children
  69. Ureteral cancer
  70. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
  71. Vertebral tumor