Abstract
The testing modalities available and necessary to precisely diagnose lymphadenopathies, lymphadenitides, and lymphomas are numerous. However, to much chagrin, the tissue samples submitted for evaluation are frequently limited in size. Consequently, the triage of each individual lymph node sample with judicious apportionment of tissue for diagnostic testing has become of paramount importance. We describe a practical approach to processing the lymph node specimen to maximize the diagnostic utility of the sample provided.
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Loo, E., Siddiqi, I.N. (2014). Processing the Lymph Node Biopsy. In: Day, C. (eds) Histopathology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1180. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1050-2_15
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