title: Techniques of biopsy of cutaneous neoplasms.
abstract: General principles of biopsy technique of cutaneous malignancies are given and specific techniques are described in detail for lesions of different types. Schematic drawings further elucidate subtleties not easily put into words.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007636:Keratoacanthoma / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D009506:Nevus / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*