Specimen Identification Errors in Breast Biopsies: Age Matters. Report of Two Near-Miss Events and Review of the Literature.

The consequences of patient identification errors due to specimen mislabeling can be deleterious. We describe two near-miss events involving mislabeled breast specimens from two patients who sought treatment at our institution. In both cases, microscopic review of the slides identified inconsistenci...

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Publicado en:Breast Journal Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 583 - 589
Autores principales: Tozbikian, Gary, Gemignani, Mary L., Brogi, Edi
Formato: case study pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2017
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