Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1986 Dec;3(1):179-183. 10.12701/yujm.1986.3.1.179.

Frozen Section: Application in the Surgical Pathology

• Choi WH
• Lee TS
• Hong SJ

• KMID: 2373879
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1986.3.1.179

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.

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Diagnosis
Frozen Sections*
Gastrointestinal Tract
Lymph Nodes
Methods
Pathology, Surgical*
Skin
Subcutaneous Tissue