The principal indication of performing a frozen section is to obtain a definite immediate diagnosis, on the basis of which a surgical decision will be made. Immediate diagnosis allows the surgeon to proceed with further therapy without any delay. A definite immediate diagnosis is said to be dependent on the reliability of frozen sections. Many authors have carried out frozen section study on so...

Sertoli-Leydig cells tumors are rare ovarian neoplasms that can be managed with conservative resection given their generally excellent prognosis. Here we report a case of Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor mistakenly diagnosed as an invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma at time of intraoperative consultation because of its blue-mucinous appearance in the frozen section material. The patient subsequently unde...

Intra-operative consultation is an important part of the management of patients with space occupying lesions (SOL) of central nervous system. The correlation between intraoperative frozen section diagnosis with final histopathological diagnosis is an integral part of quality assurance in surgical pathology. Aim of study-1)To study the correlation of routine histopathology, frozen section (FS) a...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to conduct an audit of the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound, fi ne needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and frozen section in the evaluation of thyroid malignancies in our practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of all the patients who underwent thyroid surgery in a tertiary institution's General Surgery Department between January 2005 ...

Telepathology (TP) as a service in pathology at a distance is now widely used. It is integrated in the daily workflow of numerous pathologists. Meanwhile, in Germany 15 departments of pathology are using the telepathology technique for frozen section service; however, a common recognised quality standard in diagnostic accuracy is still missing. In a first step, the working group Aurich uses a T...

CONTEXT The minimal recommended surgical approach to parotid tumors is partial parotidectomy with resection of the superficial lobe of the gland. Histologic diagnosis prior to surgery is not possible, as incisional biopsies are contraindicated due to the possibility of facial nerve injury or incomplete tumor resection. Thus, the biopsies tend to be perioperative. OBJECTIVE To compare the resu...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the accuracy of intra-operative frozen section in the diagnosis of various pelvic neoplasms, including ovarian tumours. METHODS The retrospective study was conducted at Shifa International Hospital and comprised records of all patients with lesions of female genital tract who underwent frozen section between January 2010 and December 2012. Comparison was made with the fi...

CONTEXT The effectiveness of the long-term monitoring of errors detected by frozen section-permanent section correlation is unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine factors important in laboratory improvement in frozen section-permanent section discordant and deferral rates by participation in a multi-institutional continuous quality improvement program. DESIGN Participants in the College of America...