Frozen Section: Application in the Surgical Pathology.
10.12701/yujm.1986.3.1.179
- Author:
Won Hee CHOI
;
Tae Sook LEE
;
Suk Jae HONG
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Diagnosis;
Frozen Sections*;
Gastrointestinal Tract;
Lymph Nodes;
Methods;
Pathology, Surgical*;
Skin;
Subcutaneous Tissue
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
1986;3(1):179-183
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The frozen section technique is a means of intraoperative pathological diagnosis, and a procedure of great value to the surgeon. This method should be accurate, rapid and reliable. This method serves useful purposes, such as determining the presence of tumor, its type (especially whether it is benign or malignant), the adequacy of a biopsy of a suspected lesion, and the conditions of the surgical margins. But, it bears many disadvantages, the most of which is the danger of incorrect diagnosis. We studied the indications, the limitations, and the accuracy of the frozen section method and the materials studies was total of frozen section diagnosis of 809 cases was 98.1% with 0.5% of false negative, 0% of false positive 0.5% of incorrect histological diagnosis or grading errors, and 0.9% of deferred cases. The tissues submitted were lymph node, gastrointestinal tract, skin subcutaneous tissues in decreasing oder of frequency. The false positive case is not present, while the false negative cases were 4.
