- Grossly evident pathology (e.g. surgical resections of tumors, colon resections for inflammatory bowel disease)
- Transplant surgeries (e.g. artificial heart valves and intact native valves, native and explanted lungs, livers, kidneys, and hearts)
- Pertinent negative specimens (e.g. a resection for a tumor if the tumor was not present on pathologic examination, an appendix with no pathologic change)
- Disrupted and fragmented specimens (e.g. ectopic pregnancy specimen)
- Gross-only specimens such as medical devices (all clinically relevant details must be included such as brand name, serial number)
- Possible medicolegal cases (e.g. amputations due to trauma, explanted permanent silicone implants, bullets)
- Unusual specimens (e.g. fetus-in-fetu, mesothelial cyst, triplet, and higher-order placenta)
(Recommended by Lester S. in Manual of Surgical Pathology. E-book: Elsevier Health Sciences; 2010.)
The following pages are showing examples of the gross photographs of the surgical cases listed above.