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'''Identity testing''' is often seen on TV shows. It is used in [[forensic pathology]]. | '''Identity testing''' is often seen on TV shows. It is used in [[forensic pathology]], and surgical pathology. | ||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
*[[Tissue floater]].<ref name=pmid19745614>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mosse | first1 = CA. | last2 = Stumph | first2 = JR. | last3 = Best | first3 = DH. | last4 = Vnencak-Jones | first4 = CL. | title = A B-cell lymphoma diagnosed in floater tissue: implications of the diagnosis and resolution of a laboratory error. | journal = Am J Med Sci | volume = 338 | issue = 3 | pages = 248-51 | month = Sep | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181a88dc0 | PMID = 19745614 }}</ref> | *[[Tissue floater]].<ref name=pmid19745614>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mosse | first1 = CA. | last2 = Stumph | first2 = JR. | last3 = Best | first3 = DH. | last4 = Vnencak-Jones | first4 = CL. | title = A B-cell lymphoma diagnosed in floater tissue: implications of the diagnosis and resolution of a laboratory error. | journal = Am J Med Sci | volume = 338 | issue = 3 | pages = 248-51 | month = Sep | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181a88dc0 | PMID = 19745614 }}</ref> | ||
*Suspected specimen mix-ups.<ref name=pmid15767799>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cao | first1 = D. | last2 = Hafez | first2 = M. | last3 = Berg | first3 = K. | last4 = Murphy | first4 = K. | last5 = Epstein | first5 = JI. | title = Little or no residual prostate cancer at radical prostatectomy: vanishing cancer or switched specimen?: a microsatellite analysis of specimen identity. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 29 | issue = 4 | pages = 467-73 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 15767799 }}</ref> | |||
*[[Decendent identification]] - uncommonly used, despite the impression one may have from TV shows. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Forensic pathology]]. | *[[Forensic pathology]]. | ||
*[[ | *[[Molecular pathology]]. | ||
*[[Negative prostatectomy]]. | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
{{Reflist| | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category:Forensic pathology]] | [[Category:Forensic pathology]] | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 1 May 2014
Identity testing is often seen on TV shows. It is used in forensic pathology, and surgical pathology.
Uses
- Tissue floater.[1]
- Suspected specimen mix-ups.[2]
- Decendent identification - uncommonly used, despite the impression one may have from TV shows.
See also
Reference
- ↑ Mosse, CA.; Stumph, JR.; Best, DH.; Vnencak-Jones, CL. (Sep 2009). "A B-cell lymphoma diagnosed in floater tissue: implications of the diagnosis and resolution of a laboratory error.". Am J Med Sci 338 (3): 248-51. doi:10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181a88dc0. PMID 19745614.
- ↑ Cao, D.; Hafez, M.; Berg, K.; Murphy, K.; Epstein, JI. (Apr 2005). "Little or no residual prostate cancer at radical prostatectomy: vanishing cancer or switched specimen?: a microsatellite analysis of specimen identity.". Am J Surg Pathol 29 (4): 467-73. PMID 15767799.