A Needle for Oncologists to Obtain an Abdominal Wall Fat Pad Biopsy During Investigation for Amyloidosis

Anwarul Islam
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Anwarul Islam: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Buffalo General Medical Center, USA

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 2024, vol. 59, issue 4, 51732-51738

Abstract: We describe a biopsy needle to obtain solid cylindrical biopsy specimens from an abdominal fat pad for the investigation and diagnosis of amyloidosis. The abdominal fat pad biopsy is widely accepted for establishing or confirming the diagnosis of patients with systemic amyloidosis. However, unlike conventional biopsy where a solid tissue sample is obtained, in this case the tissue is obtained by multiple aspirations of the fat pad with a 10 or 20-ml syringe attached to a 16 or 18-gauge needle. Such fine needle aspiration biopsy of fat pad can be quite unsatisfactory, particularly with regard to the quality and quantity of the samples collected.

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Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2024.59.009328

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