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*Surface disruption/intactness: [intact/disrupted at (location) - defect measures ___ cm]. | *Surface disruption/intactness: [intact/disrupted at (location) - defect measures ___ cm]. | ||
*Skin: [___ x ___ cm/absent]. | *Skin: [___ x ___ cm/absent]. | ||
*Inking code: [posterior-black, anterior-yellow, superior-blue, interior-red]. | *Inking code: [posterior-black, anterior-yellow, superior-blue, interior-red].‡ | ||
Slices: | Slices: | ||
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*Other findings: [none/description of other findings]. | *Other findings: [none/description of other findings]. | ||
Sections: | |||
*Margins - [[on edge]] if section can be taken with tumour and margin. | |||
*Tumour - in total if small (<2 cm<ref name=pmid21745648>{{Cite journal | last1 = Huo | first1 = L. | title = A practical approach to grossing breast specimens. | journal = Ann Diagn Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 4 | pages = 291-301 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.03.005 | PMID = 21745648 }}</ref>). | |||
===Protocol notes=== | ===Protocol notes=== | ||
*‡ There is no universally accepted inking protocol. Blue for superior and green for inferior is common, as ''the sky is blue and the grass is green''. | |||
**Hua<ref name=pmid21745648/> suggests: black = posterior, blue = superior, green = inferior, yellow = anterior, red = medial & lateral. | |||
====Staging==== | ====Staging==== | ||
===Alternate approaches=== | ===Alternate approaches=== | ||