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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
:[[AKA]] ''microscopy''. | |||
*Describes how the tissue looks under the microscope.<ref>URL: [http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/detection/pathology-reports http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/detection/pathology-reports]. Accessed on: 24 April 2014.</ref> | *Describes how the tissue looks under the microscope.<ref>URL: [http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/detection/pathology-reports http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/detection/pathology-reports]. Accessed on: 24 April 2014.</ref> | ||
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**If it is essential to read, a comment in the diagnosis section, that says ''see microscopic'', is advisable. | **If it is essential to read, a comment in the diagnosis section, that says ''see microscopic'', is advisable. | ||
*Immunostains should be reported as a comment in the ''diagnosis'' section. | *Immunostains should be reported as a comment in the ''diagnosis'' section. | ||
**Many labs report IHC in the ''microscopic'' section.<ref name=pmid18834219>{{Cite journal | last1 = Goldsmith | first1 = JD. | last2 = Siegal | first2 = GP. | last3 = Suster | first3 = S. | last4 = Wheeler | first4 = TM. | last5 = Brown | first5 = RW. | title = Reporting guidelines for clinical laboratory reports in surgical pathology. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 132 | issue = 10 | pages = 1608-16 | month = Oct | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[1608:RGFCLR]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 18834219 }}</ref> | |||
*Internal reviews/consults should likewise not be found here; they should be in a comment in the ''diagnosis'' section. | *Internal reviews/consults should likewise not be found here; they should be in a comment in the ''diagnosis'' section. | ||