Turkish Journal of Pathology

Türk Patoloji Dergisi

Turkish Journal of Pathology

Ankara Patoloji Bülteni Archive

1999, Vol 16, Num, 1     (Pages: 046-048)

The method of frozen section in surgical pathology and gynecologic oncology

Alp Usubütün1, Türkan Küçükali1

1Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı,Ankara


The method of frozen section in surgical pathology and gynecologic oncology Like all the diagnostic tools in medicine frozen sectiıon method has also pitfalls. The best way to decrease discordance rates between the frozen section diagnosis from the permanent sections is to konow the pitfalls. In this review we evaluated the value of frozen section (FS) method, the points that causes discordance, patient selection for FS and the methods that supports the FS. The value of FS in gynecologic oncology is also evaluated.

Keywords : Frozen Section, Cerrahi, Jinekoloji, Tanı