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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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Levels were cut. A Ki-67 stain shows focal superficial staining; however, the surface is
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==
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