Comparative Analysis of a Plastination Specimen and Clinical Diagnostic Images
Maurizio Ripani, Andrea Bassi, Letizia Perracchio, Maria Letizia Boccoa, Giampaolo Tomaselli, Laura Giacomelli, Silvio Messinet and Giulio Marinozzi
Summary
An invasive apocrine carcinoma of the perineal glands, involving the anal canal, vagina and vulva was surgically removed from a 62 year-old woman. The specimen was plastinated and macroscopically sectioned serially. The sections were photographed and compared to CT images made prior to surgery to verify and support the accuracy of the clinical diagnostic images.