Atlas of Intraoperative Frozen Section Diagnosis in Gynecologic Pathology

Description

This atlas is dedicated specifically to gynecologic frozen section diagnosis and addresses professional practice gaps such as high diagnostic error rate, slow turnaround time, and inefficient communication between surgeons and pathologists at the time of intraoperative frozen section consultation of gynecologic specimens. The format of the volume is a combination of concise text and high quality gross and frozen section microscopic images, meticulously selected from the superb collection of pathology specimens of gynecologic tumors provided at Yale-New Haven Hospital in the past decades. Frequent entities with diagnostic pitfalls are balanced with less common lesions. Strategies to recognize their diagnostic features are emphasized, in addition to the impact on optimal surgical treatment of patients with gynecologic cancer. The indications, limitations, morphologic diagnostic criteria and pitfalls of frozen section consultation in gynecologic pathology are thoroughly reviewed with an ultimate goal of avoiding patient mismanagement in real-time. High quality frozen section microscopic illustrations aid the recognition of morphologic patterns and serve as quick reference during intraoperative consultation.

Written by experts in the field, Atlas of Intraoperative Frozen Section Diagnosis in Gynecologic Pathology is a valuable resource for pathologists at all career/expertise levels who are involved in intraoperative consultation in their daily clinical practice.

Feature:

• Incorporates the superb collection of pathology specimens of gynecologic tumors provided at Yale-New Haven Hospital
• High quality frozen section microscopic illustrations aid the recognition of diagnostic morphologic patterns
• Dedicated specifically to gynecologic frozen section diagnosis
• Written by experts in the field

Contents

Chapter 1
Intraoperative Consultation in Gynecologic Pathology—Introduction

Chapter 2
Vulva and Vagina

Chapter 3
Uterine Cervix

Chapter 4
Endometrial Epithelial Lesions

Chapter 5
Uterine Mesenchymal Tumors

Chapter 6
Intrauterine Pregnancy and Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

Chapter 7
Fallopian Tube

Chapter 8
Ovarian Epithelial Tumors

Chapter 9
Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors

Chapter 10
Ovarian Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors

Chapter 11
Non-Neoplastic Lesions of the Ovary and Miscellaneous Primary Ovarian Tumors

Chapter 12
Metastatic Tumors of Ovary

Chapter 13
Peritoneum

Authors

Pei Hui, MD, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, New Haven, CT, USA

Natalia Buza, MD
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, New Haven, CT, USA