Table 5.
Subspecialties and distribution of individual parts by diagnostic category
| Subspecialty | Diagnostic category | Total parts |
|---|---|---|
| HN | Negative for malignancy | 22 |
| Reactive lymphoid tissue | 2 | |
| Inflammation including granulomatous type | 15 | |
| Benign | 5 | |
| Dysplasia | 10 | |
| Atypical squamous proliferation | 8 | |
| Suspicious for carcinoma | 6 | |
| Carcinoma | 138 | |
| Malignancy/metastasis | 11 | |
| Necrosis only/inadequate/nonrepresentative biopsy | 3 | |
| BR | Negative for malignancy | 3 |
| Inflammation | 3 | |
| Benign | 9 | |
| DCIS | 1 | |
| Invasive breast carcinoma | 53 | |
| Malignancy/metastasis | 21 | |
| Necrosis | 1 | |
| GI | Negative for malignancy | 6 |
| Inflammation including granulomatous type | 4 | |
| Benign | 3 | |
| Suspicious for adenocarcinoma | 1 | |
| Malignancy/ metastasis | 101 | |
| Inadequate | 1 | |
| GY | Benign | 3 |
| CIN/CIS | 2 | |
| Suspicious for metastasis | 1 | |
| Metastasis | 19 | |
| Carcinoma | 25 | |
| Inflammation | 3 | |
| BST | Granuloma | 1 |
| Sarcoma | 3 | |
| Metastasis | 5 | |
| Plasma cell neoplasm | 2 | |
| TH | Negative for malignancy | 3 |
| Reactive | 1 | |
| Granuloma | 5 | |
| Carcinoma | 37 | |
| Malignancy/metastasis | 31 | |
| GU | Negative for malignancy | 11 |
| Necrosis | 1 | |
| Inflammation | 2 | |
| Carcinoma | 25 | |
| Atypical small acinar proliferation | 1 | |
| Germ cell tumor | 1 | |
| Benign | 6 |
HN: Head and neck, BR: Breast, GI: Gastrointestinal, TH: Thoracic pathology, BST: Bone and soft tissue, GY: Gynepathology, GU: Genitourinary, DCIS: Ductal carcinoma in-situ, CIN/CIS: Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia/Carcinoma in-situ