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Grasp area to be removed with forceps and make an elliptical incision from the centre out
onto clinically normal tissue: wound after removal of incised tissue: suturing completed
Incisional Biopsy
• Indications:
• Size limitations
• Hazardous location of the lesion
• Great suspicion of malignancy
• Technique:
• Representative areas are biopsied in a wedge fashion.
• Margins should extend into normal tissue on the deep surface.
• Technique:
• The entire lesion with 2 to 3mm of normal appearing
tissue surrounding the lesion is excised if benign.