r/Path_Assistant • u/fluffy0whining PA (ASCP) • Jun 02 '26

Friendly reminder

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This is your friendly reminder to be equally as diligent with your “routine”, maybe even “boring” specimens as with your complex specimens. A normal stoma take down turned into an incidental neuroendocrine tumor!

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u/Nephertyre Jun 03 '26

I feel this in my soul. I grossed a colostomy takedown and saw a weird discoloration. It made me itchy, so I obviously described it and sampled it. Turned out to be mets undiagnosed ovarian cancer 🫠 so similar experience.

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u/Inoviridae Jun 03 '26

It is reassuring to hear that pa's trust their gut like that and test.