{"id":3854,"date":"2024-06-21T11:42:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T09:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2024-06-21T11:42:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T09:42:22","slug":"skin-biopsy-when-is-it-indicated-and-which-techniques-to-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/skin-biopsy-when-is-it-indicated-and-which-techniques-to-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Skin biopsy: when is it indicated and which techniques to use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Indications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suspected neoplasia.<br \/>\nNodules, ulcers or wounds that do not heal.<br \/>\nVesicular or pustular lesions (after infections have been ruled out and\/or treated).<br \/>\nSevere skin lesions that appear suddenly.<br \/>\nSuspected dermopathies that will require expensive, potentially dangerous (e.g. immunosuppressive) and long-term treatment.<br \/>\nWhen there has been no response to treatment, or when new lesions appear during treatment.<br \/>\nWhen the presentation suggests a disorder that is diagnosed by histopathology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Techniques and indications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 72px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Technique<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Indications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Punch<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">&#8211; Primary lesions that can be included in their entirety in biopsy<br \/>\n&#8211; Alopecia (important to sample several areas, including the centre of the alopecia, the margin and areas of normal skin)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">Incisional\/excisional<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;height: 24px\">&#8211; Fragile lesions (e.g. vesicles) that could rupture with the use of a punch.<br \/>\n&#8211; Deep, ulcerated lesions where the biopsy must go deep into the subcutaneous tissue<br \/>\n&#8211; Ulcerated lesions where the biopsy should contain a portion of normal skin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3855 \" src=\"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/biopsia-cutanea.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/biopsia-cutanea.webp 1000w, https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/biopsia-cutanea-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/biopsia-cutanea-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/06\/biopsia-cutanea-600x400.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indications: Suspected neoplasia. Nodules, ulcers or wounds that do not heal. Vesicular or pustular lesions (after infections have been ruled out and\/or treated). Severe skin lesions that appear suddenly. Suspected dermopathies that will require expensive, potentially dangerous (e.g. immunosuppressive) and long-term treatment. When there has been no response to treatment, or when new lesions appear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clinical-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}