Extraneous tissue a potential source for diagnostic error in surgical pathology.

Lester J. Layfield; Benjamin L. Witt; Kenneth G. Metzger; Gina M. Anderson

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Extraneous tissue a potential source for diagnostic error in surgical pathology.

January 4, 2012

Layfield LJ, Witt BL, Metzger KG, et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 2011;136(5):767-72.

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This study reports on the incidence of "floaters"—extraneous pieces of tissue from another specimen—as potential sources of diagnostic error in pathology specimens.

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