Hi All
So I have been seeing the same issue as I stated in past e-mails. I did one
test and fixed a colon biopsy in formaldehyde and left it in overnight and
processed next day. I was hoping that I could reproduce the artifact. The
tissue was beautiful. At my pathologists requests we changed t
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Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 9:10 AM
To: Michael Ann Jones
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Lisa Roy
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Nuclear "Artifact"
At a previous job, we found (this was specific to prostate biopsies) that
one of our clients was taking the p
At a previous job, we found (this was specific to prostate biopsies) that
one of our clients was taking the prostate biopsies out, lining them up on
a dry paper towel, doing the whole procedure, then putting them into the
formalin jars. It can be some time between the start and finish of a
procedu
Happy Lab Week!!
We worked on our H&E for almost two years. We were using Leica H&E
products and after 2 years of struggling, adjusting and analyzing
everything in our lab - we switched to the Richard-Allen Scientific
products. We were seeing variability between days of staining, tissues
right next
We occasionally see this also.
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> On Apr 21, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Sue wrote:
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> OMG we are experiencing the same issue. At first it was just GI and now we
> are seeing it on prostate. One pathologist said it looks like the tissue has
> been cooked. The only issue is we can ha
OMG we are experiencing the same issue. At first it was just GI and now we are
seeing it on prostate. One pathologist said it looks like the tissue has been
cooked. The only issue is we can have two biopsies right next to one another in
the basket one looks good and one looks bad. My director al
Hi HistoNetters:
I have run into quite a problem. My lab currently processes all tissue types
from 3 different sites. Recently, we have been getting complaints from one of
the sites that the biopsies have a nuclear "artifact". It is described as
"washed out" or poor to no nuclear detail. Pic
