texjax DDS PhD Mar 24, 2018:

Hormone receptors Depending on the type of surgery (think about breast surgery), hormone receptors make perfect sense.

Francesca Ventura Mar 24, 2018:

Oh, I see. Still, I would say hormone receptors is the correct translation, I can't really think of anything else "ricettori orm." could stand for.

pennylyd (asker) Mar 24, 2018:

Actually it wasn't a histopathological examination - this was just one of the options on the 'one size fits all' standard report form. No histopathological examination was in fact carried out in this case. It was actually a PTA procedure. If you type 'Macch. Recup. Sangue' into Google Advanced Search one of the first hits you get is a blank form which would, perhaps, better explain the context.