Contamination of histology biopsy specimen - a potential source of error for surgeons: a case report.
Cases J
; 2: 7619, 2009 Sep 09.
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| ID: mdl-20181194
Tissue contamination is a common occurrence in pathology, but surgeons are relatively unaware of this. We present the case of a 45-year-old man with Barrett's oesophagus, in which the histology of routine biopsies of an asymptomatic patient, were reported as 'carcinoma in situ'. Further biopsies were taken over a three month period but showed no evidence of malignancy. Tissue contamination or 'cross over' was identified as the likely cause of the abnormal result. This case report highlights the importance of the correlation of the clinical and histopathological findings and tissue contamination should be considered when both of these findings are not consistent.
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MEDLINE
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Prognostic_studies
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Cases J
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2009
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Article
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Reino Unido