title: Rapid cytologic diagnosis of surgical specimens.
abstract: The application of a rapid cytologic procedure for examination of tissue submitted for immediate frozen section diagnosis is reported. Its use in various anatomical locations is described briefly. It is apparent that this technic has wide applicability in the cytologic diagnosis of lesions from all organs. It has been used by the author for the past twenty years and has been found applicable to all types of lesions from all organs.
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D008751:Methylene Blue; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013048:Specimen Handling
chemical_list: D008751:Methylene Blue