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==Grossing== | ==Grossing== | ||
*There is no widely accepted evidence-based standard; thus, the protocol differs from centre to centre. | *There is no widely accepted evidence-based standard; thus, the protocol differs from centre to centre. | ||
*In the context of a gynecologic malignancy/suspected gynecologic malignancy: | **In the context of a gynecologic malignancy/suspected gynecologic malignancy: | ||
**One centre I worked at puts through six (standard) blocks if there is no gross evidence of disease. | ***One centre I worked at puts through six (standard) blocks if there is no gross evidence of disease. | ||
**One study suggests 3-5 blocks is enough if there is no macroscopic disease.<ref name=pmid17922596>{{Cite journal | last1 = Usubütün | first1 = A. | last2 = Ozseker | first2 = HS. | last3 = Himmetoglu | first3 = C. | last4 = Balci | first4 = S. | last5 = Ayhan | first5 = A. | title = Omentectomy for gynecologic cancer: how much sampling is adequate for microscopic examination? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 131 | issue = 10 | pages = 1578-81 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[1578:OFGCHM]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 17922596 }}</ref> | ***One study suggests 3-5 blocks is enough if there is no macroscopic disease, and one block enough if there is macroscopic disease.<ref name=pmid17922596>{{Cite journal | last1 = Usubütün | first1 = A. | last2 = Ozseker | first2 = HS. | last3 = Himmetoglu | first3 = C. | last4 = Balci | first4 = S. | last5 = Ayhan | first5 = A. | title = Omentectomy for gynecologic cancer: how much sampling is adequate for microscopic examination? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 131 | issue = 10 | pages = 1578-81 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[1578:OFGCHM]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 17922596 }}</ref> | ||
==Pathology of the omentum== | ==Pathology of the omentum== | ||