During an incisional breast biopsy, whereby incision made into lesion and small portion of lesion taken out. An incisional biopsy is a process in which a small part of tissue is in use to classify the conformation of a lesion or irregularity.
There are four selections for attaining a tissue specimen.
· A fine needle aspiration is the pretentious, least aggressive test and uses the smallest needle to simply remove cells from the abnormality. This is not always adequate to obtain a diagnosis, depending on the area to be biopsied.
· A core needle biopsy removes not only cells, but also a small amount of the surrounding tissue. This delivers extra data in assistance in the identification of the lesion.
· An incision biopsy proceeds out even more adjoining tissue. It proceeds out some of the abnormality but not all. The doctor will cut into the lesion and remove only a portion of it. If the lesion is found to be cancerous, further surgery may be desirable to eliminate the whole irregularity.