Identity testing
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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.