Female 31 years

Gynaecology. Surgical evacuation for missed miscarriage at 8 weeks.

Macroscopic description:
Macerated tissue fragments and blood clot together 50mm in diameter.

Specimen: Products of Conception

Female 21 years

Skin. Nodule right ear.

Macroscopic description:
Ellipse of skin 1.5 x 1.0cm. Towards one end of the biopsy there is a pale nodule 1.0 x 1.0 x 0.8cm.

Specimen: Skin Biopsy Right Ear

Female 44 years

Gynaecology. Pelvic Peritoneum and Hysterectomy for Prolapse.

Macroscopic description:
Fibrofatty tissue 33 x 20 x 12mm - ATP.

Specimen: Pelvic Peritoneum

Female 67 years

Head and Neck. Three pieces of tissue, up 10mm maximally.

Macroscopic description:
Non healing sinus in mouth, for 6/12, connecting to antrum.

Specimen: Oral

Male 64 years

Thoracic. Silica exposure ++. On Mediastinoscopy Silica Nodes. Fused middle lobe. No Horizontal fissure, Lobectomy. Probable Anthracosis/Silicosis. Doubt cancer.

Macroscopic description:
The upper lobe of a right lung containing a firm ill-defined dark tumour, 60 x 40 x 30mm, towards the apex underlying fibrosed pleura.

Specimen: Right Lung, Upper Lobectomy

Female 28 years

Gastrointestinal. None given.

Macroscopic description:
An opened gall bladder 75 x 30 x 20mm.

Specimen: Gall Bladder

Female 79 years

Urology. History of haematuria. On cystoscopy multiple round raised lesions in the bladder.

Macroscopic description:
Pale piece of tissue, the longest 12 x 5 x 5mm.

Specimen: Bladder biopsy

Male 8 years

Soft tissue. Nodule removed from tendon sheath of right ankle.

Macroscopic description:
Nodular firm tissue 4 x 2.5 x 2cm.

Specimen: Nodule from tendon sheath of right ankle

Male 23 years

Urology. Ultrasound confirmed testicular tumour with raised AFP.

Macroscopic description:
Testis measuring 5.0 x 3.8 x 3.5cms with a 7.0cm length of cord weighing 74g. The testis contains a variegated cystic and focally necrotic tumour measuring 4.4 x 3.3cms which appears to invade the epididymis and lower cord.

Specimen: Right testis

Female 70 years

Endocrine. Hypercalcaemia. Scan shows mass in neck.

Macroscopic description:
Tan nodule measuring 2.1 x 1.2 x 0.8cm weighing 843mg.

Specimen: Mass from neck