Successful Identification of a Neoplastic Tissue Contaminant in Surgical Pathology. Issue 4 (July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Anderson, Jessica D.; Amin, Mitual B.; Bernacki, Kurt D.
• Is Part Of: AJSP reviews & reports. Volume 27:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 139
• Page End: 141
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Subjects: extraneous tissue -- floater -- pick up -- surgical pathology -- tissue contaminant -- tissue contamination; Pathology, Surgical -- Periodicals; Pathology, Surgical; Pathologie chirurgicale; Pathology, Surgical; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 617.07
• DOI: 10.1097/PCR.0000000000000515
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2381-5949

Abstract

Abstract: Tissue contamination, where extraneous tissue becomes embedded into the paraffin block or fixed onto the slide, is a relatively common quality issue in surgical pathology and can occur at any step between specimen collection by the clinician and slide coverslipping. We report a case of tissue contamination within a paraffin block and describe our subsequent investigation, which was successful in identifying the source of contamination.