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[[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]]. | '''Cautery artifact''', also '''cautery/crush artifact''' and '''crush artifact''', may mimic disease. It usually represents the [[surgical margin]]. | ||
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- NO APPARENT DYSPLASIA. | - NO APPARENT DYSPLASIA. | ||
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POLYP, RECTUM, BIOPSY: | POLYP, RECTUM, BIOPSY: | ||
- POLYPOID FRAGMENT OF RECTAL MUCOSA WITH CAUTERY ARTIFACT, INDEFINITE FOR DYSPLASIA. | - POLYPOID FRAGMENT OF RECTAL MUCOSA WITH CAUTERY/CRUSH ARTIFACT, INDEFINITE | ||
FOR DYSPLASIA. | |||
COMMENT: | COMMENT: | ||
Levels were cut. A Ki-67 stain shows focal | Levels were cut. A Ki-67 stain shows focal superficial staining; however, the surface is | ||
missing. | 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== | ||