Difference between revisions of "Unoriented skin ellipse grossing"
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==Protocol== | ==Protocol== | ||
*Name and patient identifiers on the requisition match the specimen container. | |||
*Specimen labelled as: "[ ]". | |||
*Specimen received in: [formalin/fresh]. | |||
*Type: unoriented portion of skin measuring [ ] x [ ] cm (in the plane of surface), by [ ] cm (depth). | |||
*Inking: resection margin blue. | |||
*Lesion: [ brown ] colour, [ diffuse / patchy] with a [ regular / irregular ] border. | |||
*Lesion dimensions: [ ] x [ ] cm (in the plane of surface), by [ ] cm (depth). | |||
*Margins: [ ] peripheral cm, [ ] deep cm. | |||
Serially section and submitted in toto: | Serially section and submitted in toto: | ||
Revision as of 21:17, 18 October 2014
The article deals with small unoriented skin ellipse grossing.
Punch biopsies and oriented skin ellipses are dealt with separately.
Introduction
These specimens are very common.
Protocol
- Name and patient identifiers on the requisition match the specimen container.
- Specimen labelled as: "[ ]".
- Specimen received in: [formalin/fresh].
- Type: unoriented portion of skin measuring [ ] x [ ] cm (in the plane of surface), by [ ] cm (depth).
- Inking: resection margin blue.
- Lesion: [ brown ] colour, [ diffuse / patchy] with a [ regular / irregular ] border.
- Lesion dimensions: [ ] x [ ] cm (in the plane of surface), by [ ] cm (depth).
- Margins: [ ] peripheral cm, [ ] deep cm.
Serially section and submitted in toto:
- Block A1 - tips.
- Block A2 - remainder of specimen.