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{{Fixation - standard}} Fix all thyroids at least overnight to avoid artifactual nuclear atypia.<ref name=chicago>{{cite web|url=https://voices.uchicago.edu/grosspathology/head-neck/thyroid/#primary-column|title=Gross Pathology Manual By The University of Chicago Department of Pathology}} Updated 2-14-19 NAC.</ref>
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==Gross processing==
*'''Weigh'''<ref name=chicago/>
*'''Measure''' each lobe and isthmus in 3 dimensions, respectively.<ref name=chicago/>
*'''Ink''' outer surface,<ref name=chicago/> at least if malignancy is suspected.<ref>{{Stora utskärningen}}</ref>:{{Ink note}}
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File:Grossing of hemithyroidectomy.svg|Hemithyroidecomy (lobe + isthmus) or lobectomy, including completion thyroidectomies: Use separate colors over the cut surface and the outer “capsular” surface.<ref group="notes" name="coloring">Separate coloring allows to distinguish the thyroid margin (continuous with the other lobe) from the peripheral margin (towards soft tissues).</ref>
File:How to not gross hemithyroidectomy.svg|None of the outer “capsular” surface should be inked like the cut surface.<ref group="notes" name="coloring"/>
File:Grossing of thyroidectomy with isthmus.svg|Intact total thyroidectomy: Separate colors for each lobe and the isthmus.
File:Grossing of thyroidectomy without isthmus.svg|If no appreciable isthmus, Separate colors for each lobe.
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Serially '''section''' the specimen at 3-4mm intervals,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcpa.edu.au/Manuals/Macroscopic-Cut-Up-Manual/Endocrine/Thyroid|title=THYROID|website=Royal College of pathologists of Australia|accessdate=2019-12-17}}</ref> such as follows:<ref name=chicago/>
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File:Sectioning of hemithyroidectomy.svg|Hemithyroidecomy (lobe + isthmus) or lobectomy: Include isthmic orange margins in your transverse sections.
File:Sectioning of thyroidectomy with isthmus.svg|Intact total thyroidectomy: Transverse lobe sections and sagittal isthmus sections
File:Sectioning of thyroidectomy without isthmus.svg|Short/inconspicious isthmus: The isthmus can be included in the transverse sections.
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