Template:Gross processing of skin excisions
Gross processing of skin excisions
| Lesion size | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| <4 mm | 4 - 8 mm | 9 - 15 mm | |
| Well-defined border |
File:Tissue selection from skin excision less than 4 mm with well-defined lesion.png |
File:Tissue selection from skin excision 4-8 mm with well-defined lesion.png |
File:Tissue selection from skin excision 9-15 mm with well-defined lesion.png |
| Diffuse border | File:Tissue selection from skin excision less than 4 mm with diffuse lesion.png | File:Tissue selection from skin excision 4-8 mm with diffuse lesion.png | File:Tissue selection from skin excision 9-15 mm with diffuse lesion.png |
The entire specimen may be sliced and submitted if the risk of malignancy is high.[1] Otherwise the rest may be saved in case microscopy indicates further sampling.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
- . Handläggning av hudprover – provtagningsanvisningar, utskärningsprinciper och snittning (Handling of skin samples - sampling instructions, cutting principles and incision. Swedish Society of Pathology.
- For number of slices and coverage of lesions, as well as including sections from each edge in case of diffuse border. - . Dermatopathology Grossing Guidelines. University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved on 2019-10-23.
- For microtomy of the most central side at the lesion - "The principles of mohs micrographic surgery for cutaneous neoplasia
- With a "standard histologic examination" that, in addition to the lesion, only includes one section from each side along the longest diameter of the specimen.
- It also shows an example of circular coverage, with equal coverage distance in all four directions.
- The entire specimen may be submitted if the risk of malignancy is high. - . Handläggning av hudprover – provtagningsanvisningar, utskärningsprinciper och snittning (Handling of skin samples - sampling instructions, cutting principles and incision. Swedish Society of Pathology.