Slide assessment checklist

Slide assessment checklist is a set of questions one should consider when evaluating a slide.

Is it a neoplasm?

1. Nuclear atypia.
2. Architectural atypia.
3. Invasion/destruction.

Is it inflammatary/infectious?

1. Inflammatory cells.
   • Acute.
   • Chronic.
2. Granulomas.

Is there necrosis?

• Inflammatory.
• Infectious.
• Neoplastic.

Site-pathology correlation

• Does the site match the pathology?

Clinico-pathologic correlation

• Does the history match the pathology?

See also

• Basics.