PATHOLOGY REPORT

Pathology report is an explanation of what is contained in the pathologist’s report from a breast biopsy or breast surgery whether it’s for benign breast disease or breast cancer. Parts of your report:

Specimen:

This section describes where the tissue samples came from. Tissue samples could be taken from the breast, from the lymph nodes under your arm (axilla), or both.

Clinical history:

This is a short description of you and how the breast abnormality was found. It also describes the kind of surgery that was done.

Clinical diagnosis:

This is the diagnosis the doctors were expecting before your breast tissue sample was tested.

Gross description:

This section describes the tissue sample or samples. It talks about the size, weight, and color of each sample.

Microscopic description:

This section describes the way the cancer cells look under the microscope.

Special tests or markers:

This section reports the results of tests for proteins, genes, and how fast the cells are growing.

Summary or final diagnosis:

This section is the short description of all the important findings in each tissue sample.

Updated:: 13/03/2019 []