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11242793

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
The diagnosis of encapsulated or minimally invasive follicular carcinoma of the thyroid requires the proof of vascular or capsular invasion. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between intraoperative diagnosis (benign, suggestive of carcinoma, or malignant) and the final histopathologic criteria for encapsulated or minimally invasive follicular carcinoma (tumor size, capsular invasion, vascular invasion, and differentiation). This was a retrospective study of 63 cases of encapsulated or minimally invasive carcinomas, with the final histopathologic diagnosis taken as the "gold standard." The sensitivity of frozen sections for the diagnosis of malignant neoplasm was 17%. The median number of vascular invasions was 1, identified with a mean number of 9 paraffin-blocks of the tumor. In most cases, intraoperative frozen sections are unable to establish the proof of malignant neoplasm. Intraoperative study of tumor differentiation is useful to select follicular tumors that require a rapid definitive diagnosis and a completion thyroidectomy within 48 to 72 hours (73% of the cases in our study).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
370-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Why do frozen sections have limited value in encapsulated or minimally invasive follicular carcinoma of the thyroid?
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHRU de Lille, 50 045 France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article