Frozen Section Library, Vol. 11: Gynecologic Pathology Intraoperative Consultation

ABOUT THIS BOOK

• Well Illustrated
• Concise Handbook
• Site Specific

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.

The Frozen Section Library series will provide concise, user-friendly, site specific handbooks that are well illustrated and highlight the pitfalls, artifacts and differential diagnosis issues that arise in the hurried frozen section scenario.

Donna M. Coffey, M.D., is Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York.

Ibrahim Ramzy, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Pathology and Gynecology-Obstetrics, University of California, Irvine, California.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Genital Tract - Oncology Surgeons - Organs - Specimens
Related subjects » Gynecology - Pathology

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface.- Vulva: Vulvar Specimens.- Malignant Neoplasms.- Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia.- Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinomas.- Lymph Nodes.- Other Neoplasms: Verrucous Carcinoma.- Basal Cell Carcinoma.- Malignant Melanoma.- Extramammary Paget's Disease.- Primary Adenocarcinoma.- Vagina: Squamous Cell Neoplasms: Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VaIN.- Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- Adenocarcinoma.- Uterine Cervix.- Uterine Body.- Endometrium.- Examination of Hysterectomy Specimens: Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer.- Hysterectomy for Endometrial Cancer.- Resections for Other Uterine Lesions.- Ovary and Fallopian Tube: Epithelial Tumors of the Ovary.- Sex Cord and Stromal Tumors: Adult Granulosa Cell Tumors.- Fibromas.- Thecomas.- Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumors.- Ovarian Germ Cell Neoplasms: Mature Cystic Teratoma.- Immature Teratomas.- Dysgerminomas.- Other Tumors.- Metastatic Tumors.- Krukenberg.- Fallopian Tube.- Concluding Remarks.- Index.