Veterinarian’s Guide to Maximizing Biopsy Results

Features:

• Details the biopsy process step by step
• Includes a submission checklist to assure thoroughness
• Helps clinicians avoid errors when collecting biopsy samples
• Ensures high-quality samples for improved results and reduced costs
• Provides practical, clinically oriented information

Table of Contents:

Preface: Why Maximizing Your Biopsy Results Is Important
Acknowledgments

1. Steps of a Successful Biopsy Submission
    1. Collection
     – Site
     – Size
     – Number
     – Fixation
     – Labeling and Packaging
    2. Submission Form
     – Signalment and Clinical History
     – Lesion Description
     – Differential Diagnosis and Specific Questions
    3. Clinicopathologic Correlation

2. Organ System Specific Guidelines
    1. Skin
    2. Mammary
    3. Oral
    4. Gastrointestinal Tract
    5. Liver
    6. Pancreas
    7. Spleen
    8. Lymph Nodes
    9. Bone
    10. Digits
    11. Eyes
    12. Urinary
     – Kidney
     – Bladder and Urethra
    13. Respiratory
     – Nasal
     – Lung
    14. Reproductive
     – Female
     – Male
    15. Endocrine
     – Thyroid
     – Adrenal Gland
     – Parathyroid Gland
    16. Central Nervous System
    17. Skeletal Muscle
    18. Miscellaneous
     – Anal Sacs
     – Synovium

3. Biopsy Submission Check List

4. List of Biopsy Dos and Don’ts

5. References

6. Additional Reading

7. Index