Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 Mutation Screen (2A, 2B), Whole Blood

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 Mutation Screen (2A, 2B)

Order Code:	MEN2MUT
Epic Lab Code:	LAB3573
Order Form:	A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req

Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527

Specimen:

Whole Blood

Collection Medium:

Lavender top tube 3 mL (EDTA)

Alternate Collection Media:

Yellow top tube (ACD solution A)

Minimum:

Preferred minimum: 2.0 mL lavender top tube (EDTA) Absolute minimum: 0.5 mL whole blood Contact Clinical Pathology/Core Laboratory for other specimen options (356-3527): Amniotic Fluid or Chorionic Villus

Specimen Instructions:

Specimen must arrive reference laboratory within 96 hours of collection.

Analytic Time:

1 week upon receipt at reference laboratory

Reference Range:

An interpretive report will be provided.

Comments:

Please print, complete and submit the following forms to the lab, with the specimen and the A-1a Miscellaneous Request: Molecular Genetics- Inherited Cancer Syndromes Patient Information Sheet and the Informed Consent Form for DNA Testing from the Mayo Medical Laboratories.

Methodology:

Direct Mutation Analysis by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Pyrosequencing.

CPT Code:

83891, 83892(x3), 83894 (x3), 83898 (x2), 83900, 83901(x2), 83909(x12)