Abstract:Context. —Diagnostic specimens in surgical pathology are, in general, becoming smaller and smaller, as minimally invasive surgical procedures are used to obtain representative tissue. Conservation and effective utilization of small biopsy tissue is therefore crucial in the pathology laboratory.
Objective.—To identify potential areas where biopsy tissue may be lost in the course of processing in our university-based laboratory.
Design.—We followed 2934 endoscopic biopsy samples as t… Show more
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