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The accuracy and usefulness of frozen‐section diagnosis
Author(s) -
Ikemura Kunio,
Ohya Ryoichi
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.2880120404
Subject(s) - frozen section procedure , medicine , neck dissection , medical diagnosis , dissection (medical) , basal cell , metastasis , radiology , lymph node , carcinoma , cervical lymph nodes , lymph node metastasis , surgery , cancer , pathology
A retrospective review of 57 patients, who had received frozensection diagnoses, was performed both to ascertain the accuracy of diagnosis and to evaluate its usefulness in assessing tumor surgery. Except for 2 cases, each with a parotid gland tumor, the frozen‐section diagnoses were consistent with the final diagnoses using permanent paraffin sections. Fifteen cases with either T1 or T2 squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and 2 cases with malignant salivary gland tumor, showing tumor‐free surgical margins by frozen‐section examination, were followed. A local recurrence of the carcinoma was observed in 1 case during the follow‐up period. Prior to neck dissection, lymph node metastases were examined using frozen sections. Ten cases, which were diagnosed as negative for metastasis, showed no subsequent development of cervical node metastasis.