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-'''Cautery artefact''', also '''cautery/crush''' artefact''' and '''crush artefact''', is common mimic of disease.
+#redirect [[cautery artifact]]
-==Microscopic==
-Features:
-*Elongated thin toothpick-like nuclei.
-DDx:
-*Dysplasia - [[adenomatous polyps]]
-*[[Electrocution]].
-===Images===
-www:
-*[http://alf3.urz.unibas.ch/pathopic/e/getpic-fra.cfm?id=566 cautery artefact (unibas.ch)].
-==IHC==
-*Ki-67 - absent/minimal staining.
-**Stains [[adenomatous polyps]].<ref name=pmid17616996>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Groisman | first1 = GM. | last2 = Amar | first2 = M. | last3 = Meir | first3 = A. | title = Utility of MIB-1 (Ki-67) in evaluating diminutive colorectal polyps with cautery artifact. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 131 | issue = 7 | pages = 1089-93 | month = Jul | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[1089:UOMKIE]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 17616996 }}</ref>
-==Sign out==
-<pre>
-DESCENDING COLON, BIOPSY:
-- COLONIC MUCOSA WITH EXTENSIVE CAUTERY/CRUSH ARTEFACT -- LIMITING INTERPRETATION.
-- NO APPARENT DYSPLASIA.
-</pre>
-==See also==
-*[[Basics]].
-==References==
-{{Reflist|1}}
-[[Category:Basics]]