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*Ki-67 - absent/minimal staining.
*Ki-67 - absent/minimal staining.
**Stains [[adenomatous polyps]].<ref name=pmid17616996>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Groisman | first1 = GM. | last2 = Amar | first2 = M. | last3 = Meir | first3 = A. | title = Utility of MIB-1 (Ki-67) in evaluating diminutive colorectal polyps with cautery artifact. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 131 | issue = 7 | pages = 1089-93 | month = Jul | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[1089:UOMKIE]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 17616996 }}</ref>
**Stains [[adenomatous polyps]].<ref name=pmid17616996>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Groisman | first1 = GM. | last2 = Amar | first2 = M. | last3 = Meir | first3 = A. | title = Utility of MIB-1 (Ki-67) in evaluating diminutive colorectal polyps with cautery artifact. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 131 | issue = 7 | pages = 1089-93 | month = Jul | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[1089:UOMKIE]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 17616996 }}</ref>
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DESCENDING COLON, BIOPSY:
- COLONIC MUCOSA WITH EXTENSIVE CAUTERY/CRUSH ARTEFACT -- LIMITING INTERPRETATION.
- NO APPARENT DYSPLASIA.
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==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 11:36, 5 July 2013

Cautery artefact, also cautery/crush artefact and crush artefact, is common mimic of disease.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Elongated thin toothpick-like nuclei.

DDx:

Images

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IHC

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DESCENDING COLON, BIOPSY:
- COLONIC MUCOSA WITH EXTENSIVE CAUTERY/CRUSH ARTEFACT -- LIMITING INTERPRETATION.
- NO APPARENT DYSPLASIA.

See also

References

  1. Groisman, GM.; Amar, M.; Meir, A. (Jul 2007). "Utility of MIB-1 (Ki-67) in evaluating diminutive colorectal polyps with cautery artifact.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 131 (7): 1089-93. doi:10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[1089:UOMKIE]2.0.CO;2. PMID 17616996.