A 42-year-old man presents with a 1 x 1 cm white patch on the lateral surface of his tongue. Based solely on this information, clinical differential diagnosis should include:

The spinal cord being cut, torn, or crushed or its blood supply being cut off is a:

A) primary spinal cord injury. B) tertiary spinal cord injury. C) neurogenic/spinal shock. D) secondary spinal cord injury.

Which of the following is not a role of the clinical laboratory professional?

a. Correlate lab results with appropriate disease states b. Correlate lab results with disease pathophysiology c. Correlate lab results with treatment d. Order reflex tests