NVDC biopsy services

We offer:

  • Quick answers: One to two business days, if no special stains are needed
  • Inked and measured surgical margins
  • Biopsy mailers provided upon request
  • Consultation Monday through Friday
  • Immunohistochemistry and histochemistry as needed per case

Sample preparation:

  • Samples are measured and ink applied to surgical margins.
  • Standard skin biopsies have a minimum of three sections: a cross section and both lateral margins.
  • Additional sections reviewed of larger samples for better assessment of surgical margins.

Selected stains

ImmunohistochemicalHistochemical

Actin

B cell (Pax-5), T cell (CD3)

CD31

Cytokeratin

Desmin

Factor 8

GFAP

Macrophage (lba-1)

MelanA

S-100

Synaptophysin

Vimentin

Congo red

Fite's acidfast

Giemsa

Gomori's methenamine silver

Gram stain

Mucicarmine

Periodic acid-Schiff

Prussian blue

Rhodamine

Toluidine blue

Trichrome

VonKossa

Warthin-Starry silver stain

NVDC pathologists:

  • Bruce Brodersen, DVM, PhD
  • Seth Harris, DVM PhD, dip. ACVP
  • Matt Hille, DVM, PhD
  • Sarah Sillman, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACVP
  • David J. Steffen, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACVP