Open AccessErrors, limitations, and pitfalls in the diagnosis of central and peripheral nervous system lesions in intraoperative cytology and frozen sections
Author(s) -
Priyanka Chand,
Sonal Amit,
Rashmi Gupta,
Asha Agarwal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.182530
Subject(s) - frozen section procedure , medicine , coagulative necrosis , pathology , cytology , h&e stain , gold standard (test) , radiology , staining
Intraoperative cytology and frozen section play an important role in the diagnosis of neurosurgical specimens. There are limitations in both these procedures but understanding the errors and pitfalls may help in increasing the diagnostic yield.