DescriptionTissue selection from skin excision with lesion 9-15 mm with benign appearance.png
English: edit Tissue selection from skin excision in gross pathology. Top image shows recommended lines for cutting out slices to be submitted for further processing. Bottom image shows which side of the slice that should be put to microtomy. Dashed lines here mean that either side could be used.
Lesion size
<4 mm
4 - 8 mm
9 - 15 mm
Benign appearance
Suspected malignancy
The entire specimen may be submitted if the risk of malignancy is high.
Monica Dahlgren, Janne Malina, Anna Måsbäck, Otto Ljungberg. Stora utskärningen. KVAST (Swedish Society of Pathology). Retrieved on 2019-09-26. - For slices towards the pointy ends to determine radicality, which can be parallel to the slices through the lesions (shown), or as longitudinal slices that go through each pointy end.
Dermatopathology Grossing Guidelines. University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved on 2019-10-23. - For microtomy of the most central side at the lesion
(2003). "The principles of mohs micrographic surgery for cutaneous neoplasia". Ochsner J5 (2): 22–33. PMID22826680. PMC: 3399331. - With a "standard histologic examination" that, in addition to the lesion, only includes one section from each side along the longest diameter of the specimen. - It also shows an example of circular coverage, with equal coverage distance in all four directions. - The entire specimen may be submitted if the risk of malignancy is high.
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