Open AccessFrozen Sections in Pleural Pathology: A Valuable Tool
Author(s) -
Georgia Karpathiou,
Μarios E. Froudarakis,
Fabien Forest,
Mousa Mobarki,
Arnaud Patoir,
Pierre Gay,
J.M. Verg,
Olivier Tiffet,
Michel Péoc’h
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000474952
Subject(s) - medicine , frozen section procedure , thoracoscopy , malignancy , gold standard (test) , predictive value , pleurodesis , pleural cavity , pathology , nuclear medicine , surgery , radiology , pleural effusion
Knowledge of pleural malignancy can lead to immediate pleurodesis during thoracoscopy. However, the accuracy of pleural frozen sections is largely unknown.
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