• Hawaii J Med Public Health · Nov 2017

    Case Reports

    Benign Granuloma Masquerading as Squamous Cell Carcinoma Due to a "Floater".

    • Phalgoon A Shah, Madeleine P Prat, and David C Hostler.
    • Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859.
    • Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2017 Nov 1; 76 (11 Suppl 2): 19-21.

    AbstractPathology specimen cross-contamination is a rare phenomenon in diagnostic pathology. Such "floaters" may result in delayed, missed or erroneous diagnoses. We describe the case of a patient with benign granuloma of the lung initially misdiagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma due to a "floater."

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