title: Artefacts created during oral biopsy procedures.
abstract: Biopsy specimens removed from the oral cavity are often small, and there is high potential for causing artefacts at several stages: during removal, fixation, embedding, or staining. This report describes several of the most common artefacts created by erroneous handling of oral tissue and lists recommendations for preventing them.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects; D005404:Fixatives; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005404:Fixatives