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Phalgoon A Shah1, Madeleine P Prat1, David C Hostler1
1Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859.
Abstract:
Pathology specimen cross-contamination is a rare phenomenon in diagnostic pathology. Such "floaters" may result in delayed, missed or erroneous diagnoses. We describe the case of a patient with benign granuloma of the lung initially misdiagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma due to a "floater."
