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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 63-67 |
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Grossing of tissue specimens in oral pathology - Elemental guidelines
Ruthushree Theresa, M Harsha, Vikram S Amberkar
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Ruthushree Theresa
c/o Dr. Rohit Barnabas, Block 62 House 2D2, Christian Medical College Vellore - Nursing College Campus, Kagithapatrai, Vellore - 632 012, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijohs.ijohs_32_18
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Grossing is a gross examination of surgical specimens in which pathologists inspect the excised specimen with the bare eye to obtain diagnostic information. It refers to the examination and dissection of surgical specimens, along with preparation of sections from those tissues requiring processing, and is the initial step in surgical pathology dissection. Careful handling of the tissue with proper fixation and tissue processing will enable a confident histopathological diagnosis.
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