title: [Role of frozen section biopsy in the diagnosis of adnexal neoplasms].
abstract: Three hundred and five patients undergoing exploratory laparotomy by adnexial tumors in our institution from January 1987 to October 1992 were studied. The results of the frozen sections vs permanent sections were compared. The diagnosis was concordant in 98.7% of the cases. Sensitivity was 96.9% and specificity was 99.6%. These results consagrate frozen sections as an accuracy and efficient intraoperative diagnostic form in the ovary tumoral pathology.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Universidad Católica de Chile.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hamed
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Badía
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chuaqui
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wild
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barrena
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oyarzún
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mayerson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
vernacular_title: Rol de la biopsia rápida por congelación en el diagnóstico de las lesiones tumorales anexiales.