ASSIGNING TOPOGRAPHY TO PATHOLOGY SPECIMENS <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#ff0000" vlink="#ff0000" alink="#0000ff"> <br> <center><a href="http://www.julesberman.info/figs/all_book.htm"> <IMG width = "50%" alt="Books by Jules J. Berman, covers" SRC="http://www.julesberman.info/figs/bookthmb.jpg"> </a></center> <br> <pre> Here's a short and simple comprehensive categorization of anatomic locations that can be sensibly applied to tumors and other tissue specimens (i.e., any tumor specimen can be assigned to exactly one of the locations listed below). - Jules Berman ANATOMIC SITES Oral Cavity, nasal cavity and accessory sinuses, nasopharynx, pharynx and hypopharynx (includes salivary gland tumors, odontogenic tumors, soft tissue tumors except from those arising from skin and excludes excludes primary) Larynx (includes soft tissue tumors) Lung (includes trachea and bronchus and excludes primary tumors of visceral pleura) Heart Digestive system (includes soft tissue tumors arising in submucosa) but excludes mucosal and submucosal lymphomas) Esophagus Stomach Small Intestine (includes duodenum and jejunum and ampulla of Vater) Large intestine Appendix Colon Rectum Anus Liver, gall bladder and bile duct Pancreas exocrine pancreas endocrine pancreas Pleural/Peritoneal surfaces (includes pelvic surfaces and all visceral peritoneal surfaces except for the ovarian surfaces) Spleen (excludes lymphomas and leukemias of spleen) Eyes and Orbit (excludes optic nerve) Central Nervous System (includes sella turcica, and brain coverings -- meninges and dura -- and soft tissue arising intracranially, excludes pituitary) Endocrine Includes all endocrine organs including pituitary gland and thymus but excludes endocrine pancreas, ovaries and testes Skin (includes lips, ears and other skin of face, melanomas occurring on skin, epithelial tumors of epidermis and appendages, excludes primary lymphomas of skin (including Mycosis Fungoides) and includes soft tissue tumors of dermis and subcutis (including Kaposi's sarcoma), includes non-areolar skin overlying breast, but otherise excludes all lesions of breast (including areola) Bones and Joints (includes vertebrae, and cartilage but excludes larynx and respiratory cartilage and excludes bone marrow) Bone marrow (includes hematopoietic tissue within bone, and excludes extramedullary hematopoietic tissue, such as spleen) Soft Tissue (excludes soft tissue of named organs/anatomic sites, and includes soft tissue in extremities and trunk (includes retroperitoneum and excludes dermis) Breast (requires designations of male or female, left, right or bilateral) Gynecologic sites exclusive of breast (excludes germ cell tumors but includes soft tissue tumors of these sites) Ovaries and appendages Uterus Corpus Cervix Vagina Vulva (includes accessory structures and perineum) Male Genitalia and accessory structures Penis (includes penile urethra) Scrotum Testes Vas deferens Seminal vesicles Prostate (includes prostatic urethra) Kidney and Ureters (includes transitional cell lesions) Urinary Bladder Lymphoid tissue: includes lymph nodes and lymphoid collections in any organ, icluding spleen, gi tract, skin, orbit </pre> <br> Last modified: January 22, 2010 <br> key words: topography, morphology, anatomic distribution, <a href="http://www.julesberman.info/">jules j berman</a>, jules berman PhD, MD, anatomic classification, <br> <br> <center><a href="http://www.julesberman.info/figs/all_book.htm"> <IMG width = "75%" alt="Books by Jules J. Berman, covers" SRC="http://www.julesberman.info/figs/bookthmb.jpg"> </a></center> <br> </body> </html>