Lung wedge resection and lobectomy
Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Comprehensiveness
On this resource, the following formatting is used for comprehensiveness:
- Minimal depth
- (Moderate depth)
- ((Comprehensive))
Grossing
Perform the following:[1]
- Measure the specimen in 3 dimensions.
- Describe pleural surface, including color, and any presence of granularity, adhesions, retraction, or tumor.
- Palpate for any tumors.
- Ink the surgical margin and cut it away just below any sutures or staples. If the margin is substantially stapled (and their removal would be either too tissue-damaging or otherwise inconvenient), ink and use another section of the tissue underneath it for frozen sectioning.
- In intraoperative consultations use a section that is presumably closest to a tumor for frozen sectioning, with the tissue enface, for radicality. This is generally enough to report intraoperatively to the surgeon, unless otherwise requested.
- ((Sample the entire surgical margin for standard processing.))
- Cut open the bronchi of the specimen with a pair of scissors, as far as they can fit within the lumina. Attempt to cut so as to be able to take a section that includes both any tumor and nearest bronchus. Describe the cut surface, including color and consistency, and any focal lesions.
- Turn the specimen to the side with least cuts so far, and serially section it.
- For any found lung tumor:
- Measure tumor size as a maximum diameter (or 3 dimensions)
- Determine location: Which lobe if applicable, and if it is peripheral, central or hilar.
- Margin length to pleura and hilum/surgical margin.
- Any involvement of major bronchi or blood vessels.
- Describe any lymph nodes, including location, range of sizes and appearance of cut surface.
Microscopic evaluation
Look mainly for carcinoma. Further information: Lung tumor
Microscopy report
Lung synoptic reports contain information (number and station) on all lymph nodes received per accession. For example, if Parts A-D are mediastinal nodes (8 in total) and Part E is a lobectomy containing 2 additional peribronchial nodes, the synoptic report for Part E should document all 10 nodes, for example:
A. Lymph node, station 1:
Negative for carcinoma. (0/1, 2 etc)
B. Lymph node, station 2:
Negative for carcinoma. (0/1, 2 etc)
C. Lobectomy, RLL: Adenocarcinoma
- Size:
- Histologic type
- Margins
See also: General notes on reporting
Notes
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References
- ↑ Partially using the following procedure:. Pulmonary pathology grossing guidelines. Retrieved on 2021-03-17.
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