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[[Image:Grossing of suspected malignant skin excision.jpg|thumb|300px|Unoriented skin ellipse specimen at cut-up. (WC/Mikael Häggström)]] | |||
The article deals with small '''unoriented skin ellipse grossing'''. | The article deals with small '''unoriented skin ellipse grossing'''. | ||
Punch biopsies and oriented skin | Punch biopsies and [[oriented skin ellipse]]s are dealt with separately. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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*Margins: [ ] peripheral cm, [ ] deep cm. | *Margins: [ ] peripheral cm, [ ] deep cm. | ||
Serially | Serially sectioned with cuts perpendicular to the long axis: | ||
*Block A1 - tips. | *Block A1 - tips. | ||
*Block A2 - remainder of specimen. | *Block A2 - remainder of specimen. | ||
===Protocol notes=== | ===Protocol notes=== | ||
† One should avoid ''black ink'' if there is any suspicion of melanoma or if the lesion is pigmented. This can be remember by ''b''lack is ''b''ad and ''g''reen is ''g''ood! | *† One should avoid ''black ink'' if there is any suspicion of melanoma or if the lesion is pigmented. This can be remember by ''b''lack is ''b''ad and ''g''reen is ''g''ood! | ||
**In general, green and blue are the preferred [[marking ink]] colours as they are easier to see at the time of embedding.<ref name=Lester3_312>{{Ref Lester3|312}}</ref> | |||
===Alternate approaches=== | ===Alternate approaches=== | ||
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===Related protocols=== | ===Related protocols=== | ||
*[[Oriented skin ellipse grossing]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||