The role of frozen section evaluation in the diagnosis of adnexal mass

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-240

  Taskiran, C ^a,b   Erdem, O ^b   Onan, A ^a   Bozkurt, N ^a   Yaman Tunc, S ^a   Ataoglu, O ^b   Guner, H ^a  

^a University Campus Biomedico of Rome   (Italy)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Adnexal mass; Frozen section; Ovarian tumor

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40549141147     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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