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'''Cautery artifact''', also '''cautery/crush artefact''' and '''crush artefact''', may mimic disease.  It usually represents the [[surgical margin]].
[[Image:Positive margin with cautery artefact - adenocarcinoma - high mag.jpg|thumb|225px|Cautery artefact. [[H&E stain]].]]
'''Cautery artifact''', also '''cautery/crush artifact''' and '''crush artifact''', may mimic disease.  It usually represents the [[surgical margin]].


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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*[http://alf3.urz.unibas.ch/pathopic/e/getpic-fra.cfm?id=566 Cautery artefact (unibas.ch)].
*[http://alf3.urz.unibas.ch/pathopic/e/getpic-fra.cfm?id=566 Cautery artifact (unibas.ch)].


==IHC==
==IHC==
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DESCENDING COLON, BIOPSY:
DESCENDING COLON, BIOPSY:
- COLONIC MUCOSA WITH EXTENSIVE CAUTERY/CRUSH ARTEFACT -- LIMITING INTERPRETATION.
- COLONIC MUCOSA WITH EXTENSIVE CAUTERY/CRUSH ARTIFACT -- LIMITING INTERPRETATION.
- NO APPARENT DYSPLASIA.
- NO APPARENT DYSPLASIA.
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POLYP, RECTUM, BIOPSY:
- POLYPOID FRAGMENT OF RECTAL MUCOSA WITH CAUTERY/CRUSH ARTIFACT, INDEFINITE
  FOR DYSPLASIA.
COMMENT:
Levels were cut. A Ki-67 stain shows focal superficial staining; however, the surface is
missing.
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TISSUE ("BLADDER TUMOUR, DEEP"), BIOPSY:
- BENIGN SUBEPITHELIAL TISSUE.
- SCANT UROTHELIUM WITH CRUSH/CAUTERY ARTIFACT -- LIMITING INTERPRETATION.
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY.
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*[[Basics]].
*[[Basics]].
*[[Surgical margin]].
*[[Surgical margin]].
*[[Histology artifacts]].
*[[Snare tip soft coagulation]].


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 06:00, 9 November 2014

Cautery artefact. H&E stain.

Cautery artifact, also cautery/crush artifact and crush artifact, may mimic disease. It usually represents the surgical margin.

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 ARTIFACT -- LIMITING INTERPRETATION.
- NO APPARENT DYSPLASIA.
POLYP, RECTUM, BIOPSY:
- POLYPOID FRAGMENT OF RECTAL MUCOSA WITH CAUTERY/CRUSH ARTIFACT, INDEFINITE 
  FOR DYSPLASIA.

COMMENT:
Levels were cut. A Ki-67 stain shows focal superficial staining; however, the surface is
missing.
TISSUE ("BLADDER TUMOUR, DEEP"), BIOPSY:
- BENIGN SUBEPITHELIAL TISSUE.
- SCANT UROTHELIUM WITH CRUSH/CAUTERY ARTIFACT -- LIMITING INTERPRETATION.
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY.

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.