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Diagnosis by Frozen Section Examination, II: Results in Skin Lesions
Author(s) -
HIRST E.,
CAINS G. D.,
BALE PATRICIA M.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1972.tb05623.x
Subject(s) - medicine , frozen section procedure , section (typography) , lesion , melanoma , physical examination , sampling error , histopathological examination , sampling (signal processing) , dermatology , melanoma diagnosis , pathology , radiology , mathematics , statistics , observational error , cancer research , filter (signal processing) , advertising , computer science , business , computer vision
A series of 910 frozen section examination of skin lesions is presented, and the results are analysed in detail and compared with others in the literature. The difficulties in histological diagnosis are discussed and contrasted with those of clinical diagnosis especially of pigmented lesions. Summary In 910 consecutive frozen section examinations of skin lesions nine false positive reports were submitted, but only two were of major importance. False negative reports occurred with malignant melanomas when the lesion was small or heavily pigmented, and with other malignant lesions when the specimens were large (sampling error). Frozen section examination accurately identifies lesions that tend to be mistaken for malignant melanoma on clinical examination.