title: Touch imprints: their use in the frozen-section diagnosis of alveolar soft-part sarcoma.
abstract: A case of alveolar soft-part sarcoma was studied. It illustrates the use of touch imprint preparations on fresh tissue sections examined while frozen. The technique is simple to use and can be applied to a wide variety of neoplastic and inflammatory lesions. Touch imprints substantially contribute to accurate histopathologic interpretation of lesions submitted for frozen-section diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008867:Microtomy; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013848:Thigh