Biopsy of Soft Tissue Masses

This chapter presents the case scenarios of a 70‐year‐old woman who has an enlarging mass in the right axilla. A carefully placed biopsy with adequate tissue for diagnosis could have allowed this woman a limb‐sparing resection with an excellent chance of local control and probable cure. There are various methods of biopsy that are available to clinicians when a histologic analysis is required for a patient presenting with a soft tissue mass. …