Aspiración

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Aspiración

Definición:

Aspiración significa introducir o extraer usando un movimiento de succión. Este término médico tiene dos significados, dependiendo de cómo se use:

La aspiración como procedimiento médico también se puede usar para extraer muestras de tejidos para una biopsia , algunas veces llamada biopsia o aspirado por punción (por ejemplo, la aspiración de una lesión mamaria).

Temas relacionados:

Referencias:

Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Textbook of Medicine , 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2004:541-545.

Marrie TJ, Campbell GD, Walker DH, Low DE. Pneumonia. In: Kasper DL, Braunwald E, Fauci AS, et al., eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine .16th ed, Chapter 239. McGraw Hill; 2005.

Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice . 6th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2006:1136.

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