Your description is consistent with the tissue having dried out. So observing their procedure may be helpful. Is it placed on gauze then placed in formalin ? That would dry it quickly. are they tending to the pt then placing the specimen in fprmalin, Rena Fail
On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Mike Pence <mpe...@grhs.net> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
