Internal consults are in the range of 2-7% in our institution. Some of these
are due to mandated second review of all new malignancies.
Retrospective review of cases by other pathologists, for example
conferences/tumor board/etc, is higher, in the range of 10-14% of cases.
Megan K. Dishop MD
We inflate our lung tissue with a thin OCT compound (50% OCT/ 50% 0.5M sucrose
mixture) using a needle and syringe and then embed the lung in 100% OCT and
snap freeze. It helps for interpretation to have open alveoli and also gives
the tissue some stability internally for frozen sections.
Mega
