A retrospective review of 100 patients with major or minor salivary gland neoplasms was conducted to ascertain the accuracy and effect on therapy of frozen-section diagnosis. Of these patients, 23% had malignant and 77% benign neoplasms. Twelve patients benefited by further surgery during the initia
Accuracy of frozen-section diagnosis in salivary gland lesions
β Scribed by Granick, Mark S. ;Erickson, E. Ralph ;Hanna, Dwight C.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1985
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-6403
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β¦ Synopsis
A retrospective study is presented comparing the results of 462 frozensection analyses of surgically extirpated salivary gland tumors with the permanent-section results. The overall agreement between frozen-and permanent-section analyses was 95.7%. A separate review of the last 47 months of this 32-year study revealed an accuracy rate of 98.8%. Frozen-section diagnosis of salivary gland tumors has been reliable and clinically valuable in our practice.
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