Successful identification of a neoplastic tissue contaminant in surgical pathology

Authors

Jessica Anderson, Beaumont Health Resident
Mitual B. Amin, Beaumont Health
Kurt Bernacki, Beaumont Health

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

Publication Title

AJSP: Reviews & Reports

Abstract

Tissue contamination, where extraneous tissue becomes embedded into the paraffin block or fixed onto the slide, is a relatively common quality issue in surgical pathology and can occur at any step between specimen collection by the clinician and slide coverslipping. We report a case of tissue contamination within a paraffin block and describe our subsequent investigation, which was successful in identifying the source of contamination.

Volume

27

Issue

4

First Page

139

Last Page

141

Recommended Citation

Anderson JD, Amin MB, Bernacki KD. Successful identification of a neoplastic tissue contaminant in surgical pathology. AJSP: Reviews & Reports 2022;27(4). doi: 10.1097/PCR.0000000000000515.

DOI

10.1097/PCR.0000000000000515