title: [Accuracy of frozen section in diagnosis of ovarian tumors].
abstract: One hundred and thirty-six frozen section of ovarian tumors were compared with the paraffin sections during 1986-1992. The final histological diagnosis were: benign 52 cases, borderline malignant 22 cases, and malignant 62 cases. The accurate rate of the frozen section method for malignant was 93.5%, benign was 100.0% and borderline malignant was 77.2%. Predictive values were computed: 100.0% for malignant, 85.0% for borderline malignant and 89.6% for benign disease. Analysis of the 9 false negative revealed that 8 cases were sampling error and most occurred in mucinous borderline tumors. Our data showed that the frozen section was a relative accurate and reliable method for diagnosis of ovarian tumor during operation.
authors.affiliation: Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu.
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000473:pathology; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity