Fine needle aspiration biopsy under ultrasound guidance

• Anticoagulants should be discontinued 5 days before the biopsy, unless otherwise advised by the doctor.
• You must come with a referral for the test - it is absolutely required.
• You should bring with you the medical documentation of the examined organ (e.g., ultrasound with description, mammography with description, isotope test result).
• In men, it is necessary to shave the beard before biopsy of cervical lymph nodes and biopsy of salivary glands.

A biopsy is an examination that involves puncturing a lesion such as a tumor or cyst directly through the skin with a thin needle. Biopsy most often concerns lesions located in the breast, thyroid, lymph nodes.
The doctor performing the biopsy, under the guidance of an ultrasound probe, inserts the needle into the lesion and collects the material.