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• Histopathological examination by a Board Certified Pathologist.
• Includes: Gross examination, routine light microscopy, histochemistry (as indicated), immunohistochemistry (as indicated) or special stains (as indicated).

• To obtain a diagnosis; this may be used by the treating physicians to direct appropriate patient management and treatment.

Submit in 10% neutral buffered formalin.

Cores with calcifications must be submitted separate from cores without calcifications.

• Single container allowing cores with calcifications and cores without calcifications to be identified, designated and processed separately.

OR

• Two (2) separate containers, one for cores with calcifications and another for cores without calcifications.

This allows focused workup on cores known to contain calcifications if calcifications are not found on initial histologic sections.

• Submit specimen with an EPIC order, Tissue Pathology Requisition Form (HNL-31), or one of the laboratory’s electronic forms
  • All orders should include patient’s full name and second identifier (i.e. date of birth), full ordering provider’s name, client address and phone number, ICD-10 billing code(s), clinical history, source/site of specimen with laterality, date and time specimen was collected, time specimen was placed in formalin and requested testing
• Label specimen container with patient’s full name and second identifier (i.e. date of birth) and source/site of specimen (and laterality if applicable)

• Transport to the laboratory at room temperature.
• Containers with fresh tissue must be transported to the laboratory at room temperature immediately.