Biopsy Interpretation: The Frozen Section

Nicole A. Cipriani, Aliya N. Husain, Jerome B. Taxy, 2022

Overview

This authoritative reference offers expert guidance on the practical application of frozen sections in managing clinical problems. It provides a highly illustrated approach to intraoperative consultative options. The content focuses not only on how to view and interpret slides but also on when to perform a frozen section, emphasizing intraoperative consultation and patient management.

Who it's for

• General surgical pathologists
• Clinicians involved in patient treatment decisions
• Pathologists seeking expertise in intraoperative consultation

Key features

• Focuses on the assets and limitations of frozen sections, including execution, interpretation, and communication of results.
• Emphasizes morphologic expertise in standard hematoxylin and eosin sections and imprints.
• Includes new content and images, with updates in infectious disease, female genital tract, head and neck, bone and soft tissue, and CNS.
• Features over 400 full-color illustrations and additional online figures and videos.
• Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in 2022.
• Hardback binding, 528 pages.