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Basic Tissue Orientation and Paraffin Embedding Technique
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Review: General Orientation Guidelines
Specimens with a longer side versus width, such as core biopsies, are ideally arranged in parallel rows perpendicular to what will be the long axis of the slide.
Larger specimens should be embedded face up or face down, making sure they lie flat and are in one plane.
Multiple fragments of any specimen should be embedded within the same level and in a manner to show the most surface area.
Lumen openings must be embedded in cross-section.
Stratified layers should be embedded on edge to show all layers.
Place at an angle any dense, rigid, or brittle specimens to aid microtomy.
Leave a large perimeter of paraffin, especially around fatty specimens.
Special orientation instructions are best given in relation to the block face.
If there are questions or concerns about orientation, it is always best to hold the specimen and ask for assistance from the grossing pathologist's assistant (PA) or pathologist to avoid losing important diagnostic information due to incorrect orientation.
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