Frozen Section Library: Appendix, Colon, and Anus

• Main Authors: Yantiss, Rhonda K. (Author), Panarelli, Nicole C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Edition: 1st.
• Series: Frozen Section Library, 4
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Frozen sections are performed while a patient is undergoing surgery as a basis for making an immediate diagnosis that will impact treatment decisions. Frozen section diagnosis is often a highly demanding situation for the pathologist who must render a diagnosis quickly for the patient and surgeon.Th...

Table of Contents:

• Intraoperative Evaluation of Colorectal Specimens Containing Cancer
• Intraoperative Evaluation for Extracolonic Disease in Colon Cancer Patients
• Metastases and Mimics of Colorectal Carcinoma
• Non-epithelial Tumors of the Colorectum
• Frozen Section Assessment of the Colorectum in the Pediatric Population
• Frozen Section Evaluation of the Appendix
• Frozen Section Evaluation of Anal Disease.