What can we learn from the errors in the frozen section diagnosis of pulmonary carcinoid tumors? An evidence-based approach

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Gupta, Ruta ^a   Dastane, Aditi ^a   Mckenna Jr , Robert J ^b   Marchevsky, Alberto M ^a  

^a Cedars Sinai Medical Center   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based pathology; Frozen section; Pulmonary carcinoid tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOTOMY;

BAYES THEOREM; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 56249099714     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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