Tissue Banking Overview: Washington University Medical Center
Tissue Banking Overview: Washington University Medical Center
Tissue Banking Overview: Washington University Medical Center
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Organ-specific contraindications: examples<br />
• Too little tissue typically available for banking, or all<br />
available tissue often needed for diagnosis<br />
– Brain tumors<br />
– Testicular tumors, especially germ cell neoplasms<br />
– Many diagnostic biopsies<br />
– Primary melanomas<br />
• Diagnoses where submission of most or all tissue is<br />
needed to substantiate a previous diagnosis or look<br />
for invasive areas<br />
– DCIS, LCIS, atypical endometrial hyperplasia<br />
Organ-specific contraindications: examples<br />
• Necessity to preserve landmarks important for<br />
surgical pathology evaluation<br />
– Capsule for thyroid masses<br />
– Surgical margins<br />
– Stalk for tubulovillous adenomas<br />
– Lymph node capsule in radical neck dissections<br />
• Gross/ microscopic correlation difficulties<br />
• Bony tumors requiring decalcification<br />
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