What is percutaneous kidney biopsy?

Also known as: percutaneous renal biopsy, kidney biopsy, renal biopsy

A biopsy is a medical procedure in which health care professionals take a sample of tissue from the body and examine it for signs of disease or damage. In the case of a percutaneous kidney biopsy, a thin needle is inserted through the skin into the kidney and used to collect a sample of kidney tissue for analysis. This the most common type of kidney biopsy.

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Reviewed by: Nicole Christin, MD

This page was last updated on: 1/29/2019 3:21:13 PM