Extraneous tissue a potential source for diagnostic error in surgical pathology.
Layfield LJ, Witt BL, Metzger KG, et al. Extraneous tissue: a potential source for diagnostic error in surgical pathology. Am J Clin Pathol. 2011;136(5):767-72. doi:10.1309/AJCP4FFSBPHAU8IU.
This study reports on the incidence of "floaters"—extraneous pieces of tissue from another specimen—as potential sources of diagnostic error in pathology specimens.