PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J S Armstrong
AU  - J D Davies
AU  - B Hronkova
TI  - Backprocessing paraffin wax blocks for subgross examination.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.45.12.1116
DP  - 1992 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 1116--1117
VI  - 45
IP  - 12
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/45/12/1116.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/45/12/1116.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1992 Dec 01; 45
AB  - A method called "backprocessing", for subgross examination of sections, ranging between 50 microns and 1 mm in thickness using a dissecting microscope was developed. It requires either archival or current diagnostic breast tissue. In this study tissue is assumed to have been already embedded in paraffin wax for immediate diagnostic purposes. The advantages of backprocessing include the ability to select valuable or rare diagnostic tissue from archival histopathological material, and the preservation of histological structure should further examination at 5 microns thickness be required at a later date.