This atlas is dedicated specifically to gynecologic frozen section diagnosis and addresses
professional practice gaps such as high diagnostic error rate slow turnaround time and
inefficient communication between surgeons and pathologists at the time of intraoperative
frozen section consultation of gynecologic specimens. The format of the volume is a combination
of concise text and high quality gross and frozen section microscopic images meticulously
selected from the superb collection of pathology specimens of gynecologic tumors provided at
Yale-New Haven Hospital in the past decades. Frequent entities with diagnostic pitfalls are
balanced with less common lesions. Strategies to recognize their diagnostic features are
emphasized in addition to the impact on optimal surgical treatment of patients with
gynecologic cancer. The indications limitations morphologic diagnostic criteria and pitfalls
of frozen section consultation in gynecologic pathology are thoroughly reviewedwith an ultimate
goal of avoiding patient mismanagement in real-time. High quality frozen section microscopic
illustrations aid the recognition of morphologic patterns and serve as quick reference during
intraoperative consultation. Written by experts in the field Atlas of Intraoperative Frozen
Section Diagnosis in Gynecologic Pathology is a valuable resource for pathologists at all
career expertise levels who are involved in intraoperative consultation in their daily clinical
practice.
