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Grossing circumcision specimens

Editors: Antonio Cubilla, M.D. and Alcides Chaux, M.D. (see Author/Reviewers page)

Revised: 13 May 2010, last major update May 2010

Indications

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● Routine circumcision specimens are often “gross” only, with no sections submitted for histology

Procedure for circumcision specimens containing tumor

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● Lightly stretch and pin the specimen to cardboard / paraffin

● Fix in 10% buffered formalin overnight

● Measure and describe the specimen, identifying and describing the tumor

● Take a photograph or make a diagram of the specimen

● Ink the mucosal and cutaneous margins of resection with different colors

● Section the specimen transversally along its longest axis

● Label each section from 1 to 12 clockwise

● Submit the entire specimen

Additional references

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● Eur Urol 2004;46:434, Am J Surg Pathol 2001; 25:1091

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