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D & c shows gross finding specimen consisting of dark curettings amounting to 0.5ml (ae/ic)?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Appearance: "gross" in pathology does not mean "ick" (just a common coincidence), it means, "what do I see just by looking at it?" so from the container came 1/2ml of dark (red), blood-clot-like 'stuff.' from there, it gets prepped, stained and studied, usually under the microscope, for the "microscopic" report.

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Answered 3/16/2014

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