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Ditzels are small specimens with limited educational potential and with no suspicion or history of malignancy. Until you get experience with them, they slow you down inordinately at the grossing bench and at the microscope as you struggle to get the “right” wording and obsess over whether what you see is pathologic or normal. After all, it is really embarrassing to get a ditzel wrong. What follows in this chapter is a list of typical features, things not to miss, and a suggested wording for unremarkable specimens. However, diagnosis style may vary across institutions, so take your cues from your own attendings.
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Molavi, D.W. (2018). Ditzels. In: The Practice of Surgical Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59211-4_5
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