Skin Cancer Foundation. http://visualsonline.cancer.gov/about.cfm. The ABCDEs of melanoma skin cancer are: 1  Asymmetry. One half doesn't match the appearance of the other half.  Border irregularity. The edges are ragged, notched, or blurred.
Effects of Hemolysis on Clinical Specimens. Hemolysis due to the breakdown of red blood cells is important to the laboratory because it can have an effect on laboratory results. The effects can be the result of products liberated from the red cells themselves, or due to interferences with laboratory analyzers.
Interference Indices. The samples indexes of lipemia (or turbidity), hemolysis and icterus are part of our chemistry results. They are provided automatically with our analyzer with any chemistry test and are very useful. These indexes are more objective and consistent than visual assessment of a sample. Hemolysis, lipemia and icterus in a sample can, in some cases, interfere with accurate measurement of clinical pathologic analytes through various mechanisms (for more, see interferences under test basics).