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Macroscopic examination of gynaecological specimens: a critial and often underemphasised aspect of pathological reporting
  1. Karen L Talia1,
  2. Carlos Parra-Herran2,
  3. W Glenn McCluggage3
  1. 1 Department of Pathology, The Royal Children's Hospital and Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  2. 2 Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  3. 3 Department of Pathology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Karen L Talia, Anatomical Pathology, The Royal Children's Hospital and Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; karen.talia2{at}rch.org.au

Abstract

Pathological examination of surgical specimens and compilation of a surgical pathology report comprises a series of events which includes macroscopic examination and tissue sampling, either complete or selected. This step is critical but often overlooked in the literature and not given the attention it deserves. In this review, we discuss the macroscopic examination and grossing of gynaecological pathology specimens, with reference to national and international protocols. We provide guidance as to the degree of sampling necessary in different scenarios and stress that a common-sense approach is necessary with flexibility in the degree of sampling depending on a variety of factors.

  • Pathology, Surgical
  • UTERUS
  • OVARY
  • PLACENTA

https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp-2023-208832

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    Footnotes

    • Handling editor Murali Varma.

    • Contributors All authors contributed equally to this manuscript. WGM: Conception, planning, design, writing. CP-H, KLT: Planning, design, writing.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.