title: Operating room consultation by the pathologist.
abstract: Intraoperative consultation by the pathologist should ensure that adequate diagnostic tissue has been obtained, should facilitate the proper handling of tissue, and should provide accurate, prompt histopathologic diagnosis by frozen-section technique. This article discusses the pathologist's role in diseases of the urinary tract, male genital organs, adrenal gland and retroperitoneum.
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010338:Pathology, Clinical; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*