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Copper Liver Tissue

Synonyms

  • COPPER, LIVER TISSUE
  • CU
  • CU LIVER
  • LAB2
  • WILSON'S DISEASE

Cerner Name

Copper Liver Tissue

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

Liver

Specimen Types

Tissue

Specimen Volume

Container

Tissue

Collection Instructions

Supplies: Metal Free Specimen Vial
Container/Tube:
Preferred: Mayo metal-free specimen vial (blue label)
Acceptable: Paraffin
block if no more than 1 or 2 cuts have been made to it for
slides
Specimen Volume: 2 mg
Collection Instructions:
1. Two mg of liver tissue
is required. This is typically a piece of tissue from a
22-gauge needle biopsy at least 2 cm long. If an 18-gauge needle is
used, the tissue must be at least 1 cm in length.
2. Any specimen vial other than a Mayo metal-free vial used
should be plastic, leached with 10% nitric acid for 2 days, rinsed
with redistilled water, and dried in clean air.
Additional
Information: Paraffin blocks will be returned 3 days after
analysis.
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Days Performed

Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 11 a.m.

Performing Laboratories

Mayo Medical Laboratories

CPT

82525
;

PDM

5910640

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
COPPER LIVER TISSUE COPPER COPPER LIVER TISSUE Copper, Liver Tissue

Result Interpretation

10-35 mcg/g dry weight

 

>1,000 mcg/g dry weight: VERY HIGH

This finding is strongly suggestive of Wilson disease. If this
finding is without supporting histology and other biochemical test
results, contamination during colle

Forms
Anatomic Pathology - No Subgroup LAB2 build edit