Journal of Cytology & Histology

Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Research   
  Diagnostic Discrepancies between Intraoperative Cytological Frozen Section and Permeant Histopathological Diagnosis of Brain Tumors
  Author(s): Maher Kurdi*, Saleh Baeesa, Yazid Maghrabi, Anas Bardeesi, Rothaina Saeedi, Taghreed Al-Sinani, Alaa Samkari and Ahmed Lary
  
  Background: Intraoperative frozen section (IOFS) diagnosis of brain tumours plays an important role in assessing the adequacy of the sample and determining the treatment plan. Objective: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy between IOFS and permanent paraffin-embedded sections in the endpoint of surgery. Method: The authors reviewed the histopathological results of 383 brain tumours, including IOFS and permanent histological diagnosis. The cases were classified into three diagnostic compatibilities (i) Perfect fit; the diagnosis of IOFS was identical to the permanent diagnosis, (ii) Partial compatibility; IOFS diagnosis was not incorrect but was too broad to be considered full compatibility, (iii) Conflict; IOFS diagnosis is completely different from the permanent diagnosis. The permanent diagnosis used as a primary .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7099.2021.12.585

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