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Core needle and fine needle
What's the difference between fine needle aspiration and core needle aspiration ?
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Fine needle aspiration is tissue sampling with small bore needle-22-24 G needle.
CORE needle biopsy-wide bore needle used 16-18 G needle.
Core needle biopsy gives more tissue for pathological examination.
FALSE NEGATIVE rate with core needle biopsy is around 4% where as with FNAC its around 10-15%.
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