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:*Pelvic sentinel lymph nodes | :*Pelvic sentinel lymph nodes | ||
:*Sentinel lymph nodes from known [[invasive lobular carcinoma]] (but not [[invasive ductal carcinoma]]) | :*Sentinel lymph nodes from known [[invasive lobular carcinoma]] (but not [[invasive ductal carcinoma]]) | ||
In both these cases, the cases are rushed so that immunohistochemistry can be performed if a metastasis is not readily detected on standard H&E slides, so that it is available by the time the rest of the slides are out. Immunohistochemistry in these cases can detect micrometastases that are not readily | In both these cases, the cases are rushed so that immunohistochemistry can be performed if a metastasis is not readily detected on standard H&E slides, so that it is available by the time the rest of the slides are out. Immunohistochemistry in these cases can detect micrometastases that are not readily visible on H&E stain, but are evident on cytokeratin AE1/AE3. However, if the lab stains such cases regardless of whether H&E stain shows a metastasis or not, then they do not need to be rushed. | ||
==Marking cassettes== | ==Marking cassettes== | ||