Frozen section diagnosis in pediatric surgical pathology: A decade's experience in a children's hospital

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1619-1625

  Coffin, Cheryl M ^a,b   Spilker, Krista ^a   Zhou, Holly ^a   Lowichik, Amy ^a   Pysher, Theodore J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COLON BIOPSY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FROZEN SECTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; REVIEW; TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

FROZEN SECTIONS; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PEDIATRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 28844484465     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (18)

1. Nakhleh RE, Fitzgibbons PL. Quality Improvement Manual in Anatomic Pathology. 2nd ed. Northfield, Ill: College of American Pathologists; 2002.
2. Ferreiro JA, Myers JL, Bostwick DG. Accuracy of frozen section diagnosis in surgical pathology: review of a 1-year experience with 24,880 cases at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Mayo din Proc. 1995;70:1137-1141.
3. Zarbo RJ, Hoffman CG, Howanitz PJ. Interinstitutional comparison of frozen-section consultation: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probe study of 79,647 consultations in 297 North American institutions. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1991;115:1187-1194.
4. Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. Recommendations on quality control and quality assurance in anatomic pathology. Am J Surg Pathol. 1991;15:1007-1009.
5. Krishnan B, Lechago J, Ayala C, et al. Intraoperative consultation for renal lesions: implications and diagnostic pitfalls in 324 cases. Am J Clin Pathol. 2003;120:528-535.
6. Colouh R, Bracko M. Accuracy of frozen section diagnosis in soft tissue tumors. Mod Pathol. 1990;3:729-733.
7. Burger PC, Vogel FS. Frozen section interpretation in surgical neuropathology. Am J Surg Pathol. 1977;1:323-347.
8. Burger PC, Vogel FS. Frozen section interpretation in surgical neuropathology, II: Intraspinal lesions. Am J Surg Pathol. 1978;2:81-95.
9. Burger PC. Use of cytological preparations in the frozen section diagnosis of central nervous system neoplasia. Am J Surg Pathol. 1985;9:344-354.
10. Fisher JE, Burger PC, Perlman EJ, et al. The frozen section yesterday and today: pediatric solid tumors-crucial issues. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2001;4:252-266.
11. Wakely PE, Frable WJ, Kornstein MJ. Role of intraoperative cytopathology in pediatric surgical pathology. Hum Pathol. 1993;24:311-315.
12. Maia DM. The reliability of frozen-section diagnosis in the pathologic evaluation of Hirschsprung's disease. Am J Surg Pathol. 2000;24:1675-1677.
13. Shayan K, Smith C, Langer JC. Reliability of intraoperative frozen sections in the management of Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg. 2004;39:1345-1348.
14. Hamoudi AC, Rutledge JC, Novak RW, et al. Quality improvement approaches: survey of pathologists serving the pediatric patient. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1994;118:165-167.
15. Preston HS, Bale PM. Rapid frozen section in pediatric pathology. Am J Surg Pathol. 1985;9:570-576.
16. Horn RC. What can be expected of the surgical pathologist from frozen section examinations? Surg Clin North Am. 1962;42:443-454.
17. Ackerman LV, Ramirez CA. The indications for and limitations of frozen section diagnosis; a review of 1269 consecutive frozen section diagnoses. Br J Surg. 1959;46:336-350.
18. Sawady J, Berner JJ, Siegler EE. Accuracy of and reasons for frozen sections: a correlative, retrospective study. Hum Pathol. 1988;19:1019-1023.