RT Book, Section
A1 Rossi, Anthony M.
A1 Lee, Erica H.
A1 Nehal, Kishwer S.
A2 Avram, Marc R.
A2 Avram, Mathew M.
A2 Ratner, Désirée
SR Print(0)
ID 1175090686
T1 Biopsy Techniques
T2 Procedural Dermatology
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071795067
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175090686
RD 2024/04/18
AB A  skin  biopsy  is  defined  as  sampling  of  the  integumentary  system  for  histologic  evaluation  and  is  a  powerful  diagnostic  tool  for  the  dermatologist.  Although  a  biopsy  may  seem  straightforward,  its  utility  is  enhanced  when  the  clinician  understands  its  applications  and  limitations.  As  with  all  diagnostic  tools,  the  pretest  probability  that  a  patient  will  have  a  specific  disease  takes  into  account  the  prevalence  of  the  disease  and  the  clinical  findings.  A  histological  diagnosis  should  then  be  clinically  correlated  with  the  physician’s  differential  diagnosis.  A  skin  biopsy  is  considered  the  gold  standard  for  the  diagnosis  of  skin  lesions  and  requires  that  the  clinician  be  familiar  with  certain  key  concepts.