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*'''Unfamiliarity''' with the specimen type at hand. | *'''Unfamiliarity''' with the specimen type at hand. | ||
*'''Malignancy''' risk of the case. | *'''Malignancy''' risk of the case. | ||
*'''Inability to retake''' sections in case the first ones are insufficient: | |||
:*A risk of '''irreversibility''' of any processing, such as inability to perform special tests by putting it in formalin. | |||
:*'''Low redundancy''' of tissue at hand, such as very small pieces of relevant tissue. | |||
*'''Low accessibility''' in obtaining the specimen at hand, such as through deep surgery or imaging-based biopsy.<ref group=notes>Low '''accessibility''' is associated with both a higher risk of '''malignancy''' (enough to motivate extensive methods for obtaining the specimen) and '''irreversibility''' (as it would be difficult to retake a specimen in case the first one does not result in an adequate diagnosis).</ref> | |||
==What do ask for== | ==What do ask for== | ||