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From: J on 20 Jul 2008 04:29 College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org PIP Wish List Updated December 16, 2005 Members of the CAP Surgical Pathology Committee are asking for your assistance in providing material for future mailings of the Performance Improvement Program in Surgical Pathology (PIP). The following list includes some of the specimens that are desirable, but all surgical pathology diagnoses are considered for inclusion in PIP. The CAP will gratefully accept any well-fixed prion disease-free paraffin embedded diagnostic material. Tissue submitted in formalin (wet tissue) will not be accepted. Approximately 35 paraffin blocks are required to provide the glass slides for a single case. The CAP will accept blocks with multiple pieces of tissue if it is more convenient. The CAP cannot accept wet tissue donations for the PIP program. Skin Lesions of any sort. Soft Tissue/Bone/Joint Reaction to previous arthroplasty; sarcomas of soft tissue or bone of any type; benign tumors of soft tissue and bone; chronic osteomyelitis; gout and pseudogout; Paget disease; renal osteodystrophy, osteopenia (vanishing bone disease); nodular fasciitis. CNS Radiation necrosis; degenerative diseases; any CNS tumor; angiitis; infectious disease. Hematopoietic/Lymphatic Nodal and extranodal lymphomas; lymphadenitis; lymphadenopathies; non-follicular center cell low grade lymphoma; extramedullary myeloid tumor; any primary splenic disorder; spindle cell and vascular lesions of lymph nodes. Head/Neck Salivary gland neoplasm of any type; any neoplasm other than ordinary squamous carcinoma; odontogenic lesions; maxillofacial and sinonasal lesions; any thyroid neoplasm; parathyroid carcinoma. Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Disease Barrett esophagus; malignant polyp of colon; inflammatory bowel disease of any kind at any site; adenocarcinoma of gallbladder; hepatitides that are not end stage including sclerosing cholangitis, steatohepatitis of liver; liver biopsies. Non-cirrhotic liver hemochromatosis; antitrypsin disease; Wilson disease; mucinous tumors of the appendix; familial polyposis; inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors; lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma. Breast Proliferative breast diseases; carcinomas other than ordinary invasive ductal carcinoma, especially tubular carcinoma, medullary carcinoma; and lobular carcinoma variants; micropapillary DCIS, vascular lesions; radial scar; inflammatory breast lesions. GU Malignant renal disease of any kind; transitional cell carcinoma (in-situ or invasive) of urinary bladder or kidney; prostate-treatment effect; transitional cell carcinoma involving the prostate gland; PIN; basal cell hyperplasia of the prostate; variants of adenocarcinoma of prostate; non-end stage medical disease of kidney; variants of renal cell carcinoma other than ordinary clear cell type; multilobulated cystic nephroma; teratoma; interstitial cystitis; nephrogenic adenoma; any lesion of the testis, epididymis or spermatic cord; any lesion of the penis. Gyn Malignant melanoma of vagina; adenocarcinoma of fallopian tube; dysplasia of cervix; endometriosis of any site; hyperplasia of endometrium; ovarian stromal tumors; immature teratoma of ovary; adenocarcinoma of endocervix; any placental or gestational trophoblastic disease excluding routine chorioamnionitis. Pediatric Pediatric neoplasms and pseudo tumors of any type; congenital nephrosis. Cardiopulmonary Any interstitial lung disease; low-grade mucinous tumors; hamartomas of lung; non-carcinoid bronchial gland tumors; mucoid impaction of bronchi; pulmonary vasculitis; aortic aneurysm. How to Donate Material To donate material, please submit paraffin blocks, together with the referenced surgical report (minus the patient�s name) and any additional ancillary materials to: PIP - Anatomic Pathology Program Attention: Christopher Lisek College of American Pathologists 325 Waukegan Road Northfield, IL 60093-2750 If you have any questions, send e-mail to clisek at cap dot org or call 800-323-4040 ext. 7349. Related Links Related Links * Performance Improvement Program in Surgical Pathology (PIP) |