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PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMEN REPORT<br />

Path. No. $91-8955<br />

Name Horace Overback Reg. No. 000043<br />

Age 68 Sex Male Race White Location Service Date 3/3/91<br />

Address Occupation Cowboy<br />

HISTORY OF CASE: Dysphagia; weight loss; respiratory distress<br />

CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS: Carcinoma of hypopharynx<br />

Surgeon Cole Handle, MD Nature of Operation Multiple biopsies<br />

GROSS<br />

DESCRIPTION:<br />

Specimens: 1. Left arytenoid 6. Posterior cricoid<br />

2. Right arytenoid 7. Left pyri<strong>for</strong>m sinus, posterior wall<br />

3. Interarytenoid 8. (?) Posterior wall of hypopharynx<br />

4. Right pyri<strong>for</strong>m sinus 9. Right pyri<strong>for</strong>m sinus polyp<br />

5. Main tumor, cricoid area<br />

1. Received in <strong>for</strong>malin is a single minute fragment of light-tan tissue which measures<br />

1.0 mm in its greatest dimension. The entire specimen is submitted in one piece <strong>for</strong><br />

microscopic study.<br />

2. Received in <strong>for</strong>malin is a single fragment of light-tan tissue which measures 2.0 x 2.0<br />

mm. The entire specimen is submitted in one piece <strong>for</strong> microscopic study.<br />

3. Received in <strong>for</strong>malin is a single minute fragment of light-tan tissue which measures<br />

1.0 mm in its greatest dimension. The entire specimen is submitted in one piece <strong>for</strong><br />

microscopic study.<br />

4. Received in <strong>for</strong>malin are two minute fragments of brownish-tan tissue. The largest<br />

of these measures 2.0 mm in greatest dimension. Both fragments are submitted in<br />

entirety <strong>for</strong> microscopic study.<br />

5. Received in <strong>for</strong>malin is a single minute fragment of light-tan tissue which measures<br />

1.5 mm in greatest dimension. The entire specimen is submitted <strong>for</strong> microscopic study.<br />

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