title: Availability of immunostaining methods for identification of mixed-up tissue specimens.
abstract: The immunostaining method of ABO blood determinants in tissue sections is useful when surgical tissue specimens, submitted for diagnosis, are improperly identified. This article reports two cases in which the surgical specimens became mixed-up and the ABO immunostaining method was used to identify the patients' tissues correctly and prevent unnecessary surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsuyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasekura
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative