Embedded in toto

Embedded in toto, abbreviated EIT, means the specimen provided was submitted entirely for microscopic examination, i.e. there is no remaining tissue what was not submitted for microscopy.

This is also known as submitted in total, and submitted in toto.

EIT is the rule for small specimens that fit in one cassette. In large specimens, e.g. a colectomy, it is practically never done.

A number of specimens are submitted in total, as per routine practice, e.g. prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomies‎.

See also

• Microscopy.
• Grossing.