title: Microwave histoprocessing of bone marrow trephine biopsies.
abstract: In recent years, the microwave oven has been increasingly used in the pathology laboratory for processing of tissue for diagnostic purposes with a remarkable reduction in processing time and also reports of excellent morphology and immunohistochemistry. We evaluated some of these processes on post mortem bone marrow trephine biopsies and describe a novel way of processing these biopsies in the microwave oven.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematological Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Louw
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: De Beer
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Du Plessis
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D003648:Decalcification Technique; D003681:Dehydration; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008872:Microwaves; D016707:Tissue Fixation