Ask to be present at the next liver bx time and see for yourself their handling of the specimen. Sounds like it set out for some time.
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Amanda Coscetti Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 10:03 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Liver bxs > > Hi HistoWorld! > Wondering if anyone has seen/heard of this as it has happened to us a couple > of times in the past year and just happened again today! > We had a liver bx come from Radiology and we processed it as usual but under > the microscope our pathologist said it was unreadable, the edges had > artifact, and it had inconsistent staining (on the H&E, iron, and trichrome > slides). The radiologist claims he put the specimen directly into formalin. > All of our other bxs and tissue were fine. This was the case before when it > happened and we have only had this problem with liver bxs! > Any ideas why this may occur? > > Thanks y'all! > Amanda > Florence SC > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
