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Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]

Fixation

Generally 10% neutral buffered formalin.

  See also: General notes on fixation


Gross processing

  See also: General notes on gross processing


Microscopic evaluation

Appendix neoplasms by incidence and prognosis.
  • Look for cancerous cells (also for specimens with clinical appendicitis).

Report

  • Description of objective findings.
  • Presence or absence of malignancy.

  See also: General notes on reporting


Notes

  1. For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.

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References

  1. Hajjar, Roy; Dubé, Pierre; Mitchell, Andrew; Sidéris, Lucas (2019). "Combined Mucinous and Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Appendix Managed with Surgical Cytoreduction and Oxaliplatin-based Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy ". Cureus. doi:10.7759/cureus.3894. ISSN 2168-8184. 

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