GROSSING AND REPORTING OF ORAL PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS

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GROSSING AND REPORTING OF ORAL PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS

Grossing: Salient points

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BEFORE START

Question 1

• Are all the parts to the case (specimen) present and is everything properly identified/accessioned in a sequential fashion to match the requisition?

Question 2

• Do I have adequate patient history?

Sources: - Requisition form/ Call to Surgeon/Resident

Question3

• What is the main specimen and why did they do this procedure?

Is this a cancer case? Is this a non-cancer case?

Question 4

• What information will be essential to properly sign-out this case?

Question 5

• What is the minimum number of tissue cassettes required to adequately represent this case  microscopically? Am I doing a cancer staging?

Question 6

• Is there additional pathology present in this case not previously known to the surgeon/clinician?

Question 7

• Based on the information derived from this gross examination, have I justified the nature and extent of this surgical procedure for the surgeon/clinician?