Copper, liver tissue-994

Test info

  
Copper, liver tissue
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Cu
Wilson's Disease
Copper, liver

Specimen

  
Liver tissue
  
2 mg
  

Submit a piece of liver tissue at least 2.0 cm long from a 22 gauge needle biopsy.

  • If an 18 g needle is used, the tissue must be at least 1.0 cm in length.
  
  

Paraffin block if not more than 1-2 cuts have been made to it for slides.

  • Paraffin blocks will be returned 3 days after analysis
  

Refrigerated (preferred)

Frozen (OK)

Ambient (OK)

Performance

  
Mayo Clinic Laboratories (CUT): R-NX
  
Mo, Th
  
3 - 6 days
  

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

<50 µg/g dry weight

Billing

  
82525
  
Yes
  

Tracking

  
09/26/2007
  
12/27/2023
  
12/27/2023