Lessons learned from mistakes and deferrals in the frozen section diagnosis of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and well-differentiated pulmonary adenocarcinoma: An evidence-based pathology approach

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-20

  Gupta, Ruta ^a   McKenna Jr , Robert ^a   Marchevsky, Alberto M ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma; Evidence based approach; Frozen section; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FROZEN SECTION; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GRANULOMA; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ATYPIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ASPERGILLOSIS; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY SCLEROSING HEMANGIOMA;

EID: 48249128809     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/UUH2XHECKEVD45PF     Document Type: Article

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