Difference between revisions of "Oriented skin ellipse grossing"

Latest revision as of 16:18, 5 December 2023

The article deals with small oriented skin ellipse grossing.

Punch biopsies and unoriented skin ellipses are dealt with separately.

These specimens are very common.

Name and patient identifiers on the requisition match the specimen container.
Specimen labelled as: "[ ]".
Specimen received in: [formalin/fresh].
Type: oriented portion of skin measuring [ ] cm [lateral/medial/left/right/superior/inferior/anterior/posterior/proximal/distal] x [ ] cm [lateral/medial/left/right/superior/inferior/anterior/posterior/proximal/distal] (in the plane of surface), by [ ] cm (depth).
Orientation: [long lateral, short superior].
Inking: resection margin blue [lateral/medial/left/right/superior/inferior/anterior/posterior/proximal/distal] and green [lateral/medial/left/right/superior/inferior/anterior/posterior/proximal/distal]. †
Lesion: [ brown ] colour, [ diffuse / patchy] with a [ regular / irregular ] border.
Lesion dimensions: [ ] x [ ] cm (in the plane of surface), by [ ] cm (depth).
Margins: [ ] peripheral cm, [ ] deep cm.

Serially sectioned with cuts perpendicular to the long axis and submitted in toto:

Block A1 - tip [lateral/medial/left/right/superior/inferior/anterior/posterior/proximal/distal].
Block A2-A(X-1) - remainder of specimen.
Block AX - tip [lateral/medial/left/right/superior/inferior/anterior/posterior/proximal/distal].

† One should avoid black ink if there is any suspicion of melanoma or if the lesion is pigmented. This can be remember by black is bad and green is good!
- In general, green and blue are the preferred marking ink colours as they are easier to see at the time of embedding.^[1]

↑ Lester, Susan Carole (2010). Manual of Surgical Pathology (3rd ed.). Saunders. pp. 312. ISBN 978-0-323-06516-0.

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 ===Related protocols===
 *[[Unoriented skin ellipses]].
+*[[Grossing separately received oriented margins for a skin ellipse]].
 ==References==