Sentinel nodes, no gross tumors, how many levels to request in histology:

3
What can be done to increase lymph node dissection findings: dissectaide (turn all lymph nodes white) and 10% formalin
Besides H&E, what are the other methods used to detect occult tumor and
lymph nodes: immunohistochemistry, PCR
In the fixation of the eye, what is the most common fixative and what is
the problem with it? 10% neutral buffer formalin, contraction; alternative:
4% glutaraldehyde, less shrinkage, electron microscopy and light
microscopy but brittle
Give a different name for adenoids and where are they located:
pharyngeal tonsils, posterior nasal pharynx (Waldeyers ring)
Another name for tonsils: palatine tonsils, bilateral oral pharynx
5 criteria for exam of tonsils: size (>3cm/asymmetric), clinical history,
presentation, age (<3 or >10), grossly abnormal or clinician requests
exam based on clinical history
o Tumor, hyperplasia, reactive vs. neoplastic
Most important section of eye: PO = pupil, optic nerve, macula
Which pathology are most eyelid excisions submitted: basal cell
carcinoma
For which pathology is the thyroid entirely submitted: MEN syndrome
(multiple endocrine syndrome) inherited germline mutation of ret-protooncogene
o Thyroidectomy: find c-cell hyperplasia and small medullary
carcinoma in midsection of each lobe of thyroid
When you get a thyroid, what is the procedure you are going to consider
while grossing/ what needs to be done on thyroid in addition to grossing:
touch prep