All lymph nodes removed by axillary dissection should undergo full histological examination using a series of macroscopic sections (standard).
The specimens and surrounding tissues were processed to obtain macroscopic sections.
To overcome these problems, it has been proposed that the macroscopic cross sections of seed fuel assembly are prepared with the model that a seed fuel assembly is surrounded by blanket fuel assemblies in order to take into account the effects of the surrounding fuel assemblies.
Special techniques such as serial macroscopic sectioning (SMS) or immunohistochemical staining (IH) improve the detection rate of micrometastases but this detection is of value only if it improves the prediction of recurrence and survival.
In our series, serial macroscopic sectioning and IH stainings on the original sections may explain the small size of IHM, all of which were occult metastases.
Macroscopic cross section of the resected specimen exhibited a dumbbell-shaped appearance, just as was shown in the MRI findings.
After the evaluation of macroscopic and frozen sections of surgical specimens by two pathologists, samples of normal thyroid or goiter tissue were frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at −80°C until further processing.
Based on macroscopic observation, three serial sections of 4 μm including the most severely degenerated area of the weight-bearing lesional areas were stained with Safranin-O fast green for light microscopic examination.
CNS: at macroscopic level, the vertical-transverse sections of brain showing the presence of five nodular lesions with a necrotized centre surrounded by a white halo.
The sample material was investigated for its structural, mineralogical, and geochemical properties using optical microscopy (thin sections), a macroscopic description of polished sections, XCT, SEM (also combined with EDS), XRF, and XRD.
