Skin: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Noinclude |
|||
| (8 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Top | <noinclude>{{Top | ||
|author1=[[User:Mikael Häggström|Mikael Häggström]] | |author1=[[User:Mikael Häggström|Mikael Häggström]] | ||
|author2= | |author2= | ||
}} | }} | ||
For skin specimens in general: | |||
{{Fixation - standard}} | {{Fixation - standard}} | ||
{{Fixation - general notes}} | {{Fixation - general notes}} | ||
| Line 10: | Line 11: | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Dark skin focalities.jpg|link=Dark skin focalities|[[Dark skin focalities]] | File:Dark skin focalities.jpg|link=Dark skin focalities|[[Dark skin focalities]] | ||
File:Gross pathology of cystic nodular hidradenoma.jpg|link=Skin cysts|[[Skin cysts]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Most common requests=== | ===Most common requests=== | ||
*[[Suspected malignant skin excisions]] | *[[Suspected malignant skin excisions]] | ||
:*[[Melanoma]] | :*[[Melanoma in situ]] | ||
:*[[Invasive melanoma of the skin]] | |||
:*[[Basal-cell carcinoma]] | :*[[Basal-cell carcinoma]] | ||
:*[[Squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin]] | :*[[Squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin]] | ||
| Line 19: | Line 22: | ||
*[[Benign non-inflammatory skin conditions]] | *[[Benign non-inflammatory skin conditions]] | ||
:*[[Dysplastic nevus]] | :*[[Dysplastic nevus]] | ||
*[[Wound]] | |||
{{Gross processing of skin excisions}} | {{Gross processing of skin excisions}} | ||
</noinclude> | |||
==Microscopic evaluation== | ==Microscopic evaluation== | ||
| Line 25: | Line 30: | ||
*Is it a '''[[suspected malignant skin excisions|suspected malignant skin excision]]'''? If not: | *Is it a '''[[suspected malignant skin excisions|suspected malignant skin excision]]'''? If not: | ||
*If primarily inflammatory, evaluate as '''[[dermatitis]]'''. If none of these, evaluate as: | *If primarily inflammatory, evaluate as '''[[dermatitis]]'''. If none of these, evaluate as: | ||
*'''[[Benign non-inflammatory skin conditions]]''' | *'''[[Benign non-inflammatory skin conditions]]''', including '''[[skin cyst]]s''' | ||
In '''intraoperative''' consultations by frozen section, it is generally sufficient to report clear margins if present, and specification of the type of tumor can be deferred to permanent sections. | |||
==Reporting== | ==Reporting== | ||
| Line 35: | Line 42: | ||
:*Radicality/Least distance to a margin | :*Radicality/Least distance to a margin | ||
:*Perineural or vascular invasion if present | :*Perineural or vascular invasion if present | ||
{{Bottom}} | <noinclude>{{Bottom}}</noinclude> | ||