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KMID : 0371320020630060445
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Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2002 Volume.63 No. 6 p.445 ~ p.448
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Frozen Section Diagnosis of Breast Lesions
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Kim Hyung Jin
Park Woo-Chan
Park Gyeong-Sin
Jung Sang-Seol
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Abstract
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Purpose: Frozen sections of breast specimens can be used to determine malignancy in a suspected lesion of the breast during operation. However, this procedure always has a potential risk of reporting a false positive or negative. This study was performed to evaluate the accuracy of the frozen section diagnosis of breast lesions.
Methods:T A retrospective study to comparing the results of frozen and paraffin, section diagnosis was undertaken.
Results: 178 frozen breast section diagnoses were made between January 1995 and December 1996 at Kangnam St. Mary hospital. There were no false positive reports (0%) but 3 false negative reports (1.7%). The causes of a false negative were sampling error in 2 cases and interpretation error in the other. The sensitivity and specificity of the frozen section diagnosis were 94.5 and 99.2%, respectively.
Conclusion: Despite the high sensitivity and specificity of the breast specimen frozen section diagnosis, care should be taken when making a decision on the frozen section diagnosis due to the possibility of false negative results.
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KEYWORD
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Breast, Frozen section, Breast cancer
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