Lung tumor
General
Frozen section
Author: Deepali Jain, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 September 2012
Revised: 31 January 2019, last major update September 2012
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PubMed Search: frozen section lung
Cite this page: Jain D. Frozen section. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lungtumorfrozensection.html. Accessed July 10th, 2020.
Definition / general
- May be difficult to distinguish between the following:
- In situ and invasive carcinoma of bronchial mucosa (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2012;136:1515)
- Bronchioloalveolar hyperplasia and carcinoma
- Primary and metastatic disease
- Touch preparation cytology recommended to supplement frozen section findings (J Clin Pathol 2010;63:675)
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Frozen section challenges
Squamous cell carcinoma
