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Neuropathology After Dark
Intraoperative Diagnosis
Gregory N. Fuller, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief Neuropathologist
M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
3rd Annual
SoutheasternPathology Conference
November 2018
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Step 1 – Before you even
think about setting foot
in Frozen Section…
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The 10 Most
Common
Pitfalls in
Surgical
Neuropathology
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
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Marinesco Bodies“paranucleolar bodies”
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
3. Mistaking one disease type for another
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Looks like Giant Cell Glioblastoma…
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Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma (PXA)
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
3. Mistaking one disease type for another
4. Unfamiliarity with rare tumor types
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
3. Mistaking one disease type for another
4. Unfamiliarity with rare tumor types
5. Failure to recognize common tumors in uncommon sites
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Spinal Cord
Subependymoma
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
3. Mistaking one disease type for another
4. Unfamiliarity with rare tumor types
5. Failure to recognize common tumors in uncommon sites
6. Unfamiliarity with recently described tumors
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
3. Mistaking one disease type for another
4. Unfamiliarity with rare tumor types
5. Failure to recognize common tumors in uncommon sites
6. Unfamiliarity with recently described tumors (WHO 2016!)
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
3. Mistaking one disease type for another
4. Unfamiliarity with rare tumor types
5. Failure to recognize common tumors in uncommon sites
6. Unfamiliarity with recently described tumors
7. Failure to recognize misleading artifacts
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
3. Mistaking one disease type for another
4. Unfamiliarity with rare tumor types
5. Failure to recognize common tumors in uncommon sites
6. Unfamiliarity with recently described tumors
7. Failure to recognize misleading artifacts
8. Failure to recognize an inadequate or non-representative biopsy
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
3. Mistaking one disease type for another
4. Unfamiliarity with rare tumor types
5. Failure to recognize common tumors in uncommon sites
6. Unfamiliarity with recently described tumors
7. Failure to recognize misleading artifacts
8. Failure to recognize an inadequate or non-representative biopsy
9. Failure to perform an appropriate diagnostic procedure/molecular
test
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10 Principal Categories of Diagnostic Error
1. Mistaking normal structures for pathological processes
2. Mistaking non-neoplastic diseases for tumor
3. Mistaking one disease type for another
4. Unfamiliarity with rare tumor types
5. Failure to recognize common tumors in uncommon sites
6. Unfamiliarity with recently described tumors
7. Failure to recognize misleading artifacts
8. Failure to recognize an inadequate or non-representative biopsy
9. Failure to perform an appropriate diagnostic procedure/molecular
test
10. Failure to formulate an appropriate differential diagnosis secondary
to inadequate knowledge of pathology or patient
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Disease Morphology
• Must know all of the entities
• Must know the spectrum of
morphology for each entity!
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WHO 2016
Over 120 Different Types
of Brain Tumor
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Disease Morphology
• Must know all of the entities
• Must know the spectrum of
morphology for each entity!
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Glioblastoma: 18 Phenotypic Patterns
• Giant cell
• Small cell
• Spindle cell
• Bland cell
• Granular cell
• Signet-Ring cell
• Rhabdoid
• Adenoid
• Epithelioid
• Myxoid
• Inflammatory
• Lipid-Rich
• Macrophage-Rich
• GBM w/ Sarcoma-like Foci
• GBM w/ Ependymoma-like Foci
• GBM w/ Oligo-like Foci
• GBM w/ Advanced neuronal
differentiation
• GBM w/ Neuronal phenotype
GN Fuller, Houston Neuropathology Review, 2018
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Foundation
Normal Morphology
Disease Morphology
Clinical Information
Molecular Signature
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Clinical Information is Critical !
Age
Location
Imaging Features
Relevant Clinical History
Current Clinical Presentation
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Clinical Information is Critical !
Age
Location
Imaging Features
Relevant Clinical History
Current Clinical Presentation
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Clinical Information is Critical !
Contrast-Enhancing Mass
Age
7yo
65yo
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Clinical Information is Critical !
Contrast-Enhancing Mass
Age
7yo Pilocytic, Medullobl
65yo Met, GBM, PCNSL
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Clinical Information is Critical !
Age
Location
Imaging Features
Relevant Clinical History
Current Clinical Presentation
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Clinical Information is Critical !
Location
Intraventricular
Lumbar cistern
Cerebello-pontine angle
Dura-based
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Clinical Information is Critical !
Age
Location
Imaging Features
Relevant Clinical History
Current Clinical Presentation
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Clinical Information is Critical !
Age
Location
Imaging Features
Relevant Clinical History
Current Clinical Presentation
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Relevant Clinical History
• Previous surgery and/or XRT?
• Known systemic malignancy or
other systemic disease?
• Brain tumor predisposition
syndrome?
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10 Brain Tumor Predisposition Syndromes
• NF Type 1 (NF1)
• NF Type 2 (NF2)
• Schwannomatosis (“NF3”)
• Von Hippel-Lindau
• Tuberous sclerosis
• Li-Fraumeni
• Cowden
• Turcot
• Naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
• Rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome
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Foundation
Normal Morphology
Disease Morphology
Clinical Information
Molecular Signature
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Brain Tumor Molecular Signatures
Diffuse Glioma IDH Mutation
Oligodendrogl. 1p/19q Codeletion
Pilocytic Astr KIAA 1549-BRAF
Medulloblastoma WNT/SHH/Non-A/B
AT/RT INI-1/ BRG1 Mut/Del
RFGNT PIK3CA Mutation
SFT / HPC NAB2-STAT6 Fusion
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BRAF V600E MUTATION
Papillary Craniopharyngioma 100%
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma 66%
Ganglioglioma 40-60%
Epithelioid glioblastoma 50%
Extra-Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma 33%
Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor 30%
Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma 2%
Diffuse Gliomas 2%
(KIAA1549:BRAF FUSION in Pilocytic astrocytoma: 70%)
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IOC for CNS Biopsies
Step 2
In the heat of battle
– survival tools
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“Intraoperative Consultation
(IOC) for a brain biopsy is
among the most stressful
situations that a surgical
pathologist will encounter.”
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IOC
Principles
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PRE-IOC Preparation
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PRE-IOC Preparation
• AGE of the patient
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PRE-IOC Preparation
• AGE of the patient
• ANATOMIC LOCATION of the lesion
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PRE-IOC Preparation
• AGE of the patient
• ANATOMIC LOCATION of the lesion
• IMAGING characteristics of the lesion
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PRE-IOC Preparation
• AGE of the patient
• ANATOMIC LOCATION of the lesion
• IMAGING characteristics of the lesion
• PAST MEDICAL HISTORY of the patient
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PRE-IOC Preparation
• AGE of the patient
• ANATOMIC LOCATION of the lesion
• IMAGING characteristics of the lesion
• PAST MEDICAL HISTORY of the patient
• TYPE and DURATION of presenting signs &
symptoms
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PRE-IOC Preparation
• AGE of the patient
• ANATOMIC LOCATION of the lesion
• IMAGING characteristics of the lesion
• PAST MEDICAL HISTORY of the patient
• TYPE and DURATION of presenting signs &
symptoms
• WHAT TYPE of SURGICAL PROCEDURE?
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PRE-IOC Preparation
• AGE of the patient
• ANATOMIC LOCATION of the lesion
• IMAGING characteristics of the lesion
• PAST MEDICAL HISTORY of the patient
• TYPE and DURATION of presenting signs &
symptoms
• WHAT TYPE of SURGICAL PROCEDURE?
• WHAT WILL THE SURGEON NEED TO KNOW?
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• Know what the surgeon needs to know
about the lesion intraoperatively!
PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
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• Well, what, exactly, does the surgeon
need to know intraoperatively?
PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
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• The surgeon needs to know the
critical pieces of information
required to successfully complete
the operation.
PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
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• The surgeon needs to know the
critical pieces of information
required to successfully complete
the operation. The information
supplied by the surgical pathologist
will determine the subsequent
course of the operation.
PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
A few valid indications for IOC
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
• Is adequate, representative tissue present?
A few valid indications for IOC
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A few valid indications for IOC
• Is adequate, representative tissue present?
• Is the disease an infectious process?
PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
A few valid indications for IOC
• Is adequate, representative tissue present?
• Is the disease an infectious process?
• If tumor, is it of a type amenable to gross total
surgical resection
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
A few valid indications for IOC
• Is adequate, representative tissue present?
• Is the disease an infectious process?
• If tumor, is it of a type amenable to gross total
surgical resection
• Is viable GBM present? (if so, Gliadel wafer,
Gliacyte balloon, laser thermal ablation,
adenoviral therapy, or other intraoperative
treatment can procede)
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
• Know what the surgeon DOES NOT
need to know about the lesion
intraoperatively!
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
• Know what the surgeon DOES NOT
need to know about the lesion
intraoperatively!
Important example: the specific type of
diffuse glioma (astro vs oligo)
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What is your
frozen section
diagnosis?
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? Astrocytoma
? Oligodendroglioma
? Mixed
Oligoastrocytoma
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? Astrocytoma?
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Case 19
HistologyFFPE H&E Histology
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• Freezing distorts oligo nuclei and
makes them appear more pleomorphic
and thus astrocytoma-like
• The characteristic cytoplasmic clearing
(perinuclear “halos”, “fried egg”) is only
seen in FFPE tissue, not in frozen
sections
PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
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What is the most
appropriate frozen
section diagnosis?
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“Diffuse glioma”
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
• Cytology and Architecture are
Complementary – Use Both!
• Don’t freeze all of the tissue if possible
• Know what the surgeon needs to know
about the lesion intraoperatively!
• Plan for tomorrow!
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
• Plan for tomorrow!
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
• Plan for tomorrow!
For very small biopsies (e.g.,
stereotactic bx), ensure adequate
specimen for IHC:
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
• Plan for tomorrow!
For very small biopsies (e.g.,
stereotactic bx), ensure adequate
specimen for IHC:
unstained touch preps
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
• Plan for tomorrow!
For very small biopsies (e.g.,
stereotactic bx), ensure adequate
specimen for IHC:
unstained touch preps
unstained sections cut from FS block
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PRE-IOC PRINCIPLES
• Plan for tomorrow!
For very small biopsies (e.g.,
stereotactic bx), ensure adequate
specimen for IHC:
unstained touch preps
unstained sections cut from FS block
order unstained from paraffin block (“biopsy processing”)
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• Pre-IOC
• Intra-IOC
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RULE #1Perform a cytologic prep as a complement to the frozen tissue section!
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Cytologic Prep
Techniques• Touch (Imprint)
• Smear (Squash, Crush)
• Scrape
• Drag
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Technique Tissue Consistency Representative Example
Touch Soft and discohesive Pituitary adenoma
Smear Soft Gliomas, Most Brain Tumors
Scrape Dense fibrous tissue Dural and Paraspinal
Metastases
Drag Necrotic Necrotic metastasis,
Stereotactic radiosurgery
site resection
Cytologic Prep
Techniques
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INTRA-IOC
Specific Problematic
Issues
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•Specimen is non-representative
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
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•Specimen is non-representative
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
How do you
know?
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•Specimen is non-representative
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
How do you know?
Pre-Operative
Imaging Studies!
(Critical)
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•Specimen is very small
(endoscopic bx or fragmented stereotactic bx)
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
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•Specimen is very small
(endoscopic bx or fragmented stereotactic bx)
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Perform a cytologic preparation
(imprint or drag prep) before
freezing the tissue fragment
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Stereotactic Biopsy Grossing
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Stereotactic Biopsy Grossing
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•Specimen is seriously small!
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
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•Specimen is seriously small!
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
So tiny, or of a consistency (e.g.,
gelatinous, myxoid) such that there is
concern that it will not survive
processing, or that the histotech will not
be able to find the specimen in the
tissue paper, potentially resulting in a
final Dx of “Tissue Lost in Processing”!
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•Specimen is seriously small!
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Options:
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•Specimen is seriously small!
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Options:
• Make it someone else’s problem…
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Options:
• Make it someone else’s problem…
A. Kevin Raymond, MD
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•Specimen is seriously small!
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Options:
• Submit to Cytology Lab for cytospin
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•Specimen is seriously small!
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Options:
• Submit to Cytology Lab for cytospin
• Smear entire specimen
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•Specimen is severely cauterized
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
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•Specimen is severely cauterized
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Bisect specimen and perform
cytologic drag prep using
freshly cut surface before
freezing
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•Specimen is extensively necrotic
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
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•Specimen is extensively necrotic
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Perform cytologic drag preps on
multiple tissue fragments on
the same slide to maximize
sampling and detection of any
viable cells
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•Specimen is extensively bony
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
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•Specimen is extensively bony
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Perform a cytologic drag prep
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•Specimen is extensively bony
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Perform a cytologic drag prep
Immerse in saline, shake
vigorously, cytospin
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•Specimen is densely fibrous
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
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•Specimen is densely fibrous
INTRA-IOC ISSUES
Perform a cytologic scrape
prep before freezing
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What are the things that will help you the most at frozen section for a brain tumor?
Summary
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What are the things that will help you the most at frozen section for a brain tumor?
1. Know the patient’s history
Summary
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What are the things that will help you the most at frozen section for a brain tumor?
1. Know the patient’s history
2. Look at the preop imaging studies and read the reports
Summary
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What are the things that will help you the most at frozen section for a brain tumor?
1. Know the patient’s history
2. Look at the preop imaging studies and read the reports
3. Know the procedure type & why it is being performed
Summary
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What are the things that will help you the most at frozen section for a brain tumor?
1. Know the patient’s history
2. Look at the preop imaging studies and read the reports
3. Know the procedure type & why it is being performed
4. Know what the surgeon will need to know
intraoperatively
Summary
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What are the things that will help you the most at frozen section for a brain tumor?
1. Know the patient’s history
2. Look at the preop imaging studies and read the reports
3. Know the procedure type & why it is being performed
4. Know what the surgeon will need to know
intraoperatively
5. Make a cytologic touch/smear/drag/scrape
preparation(s)
Summary
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End of Intraop
Consultation!
Questions?