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1Department of Pathology,Medical College of Wisconsin, 2Current Address: Department of Pathology,Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit Medical Center, 3Department of Neurology,Medical College of Wisconsin, 4Department of Medicine,Medical College of Wisconsin, 5Division of Neoplastic Diseases and Related Disorders,Medical College of Wisconsin
Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 00:55Introduction
- 01:34Preparing for the Fine Needle Aspiration of Anterior Fat Pad
- 05:22Performing Fat Pad Aspiration
- 06:38Specimen Handling
- 07:46Representative Results
- 08:56Conclusion
Fat pad aspiration is a preferred, minimally invasive, and low cost approach as compared to other methods to detect amyloid for diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis. This video article demonstrates a procedural outline for performing fat pad aspiration with appropriate processing of the specimen for the optimal diagnostic outcome.
