A skin biopsy removes cells or skin samples from the surface of your body. The sample taken from a skin biopsy is examined to provide information about your medical condition. A doctor uses a skin ...

"Random skin biopsies are utilized when there is a sufficiently high concern of the diagnosis in the patient and they do not have overt clinical findings suggestive of the diagnosis. In those cases, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Excisional biopsies of soft tissue sarcoma of the hand are associated with more positive margins and a ...

Regular skin exams can identify suspicious lesions, but an accurate diagnosis requires a biopsy. During the biopsy, a doctor will inject a local anesthetic in the area of the lesion and then remove a ...