Authors: M Krithiga, Karthi Priya
Introduction: To compare the frozen section results with definitive histopathological results of ovarian tumors diagnosed intra operatively at Saveetha medical college and hospital, Chennai. Materials and Methods: In this study we compared the results of 30 cases of frozen histology with histopathological diagnosis at the department of pathology , Saveetha medical college and hospital, Chennai during July 2017-July 2018. Results: A total of 30 cases were studied correlating the histopathological and frozen diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma. Out of which the diagnosis of 28 cases were concordant whereas diagnosis of 2 cases were discordant. Conclusion: The frozen section is a very accurate method and it provides rapid results. Out of the 30 cases, 2 cases were discordant, which might have resulted due to any sampling errors, technical problem or intraoperative error. Appropriate measures should be taken to reduce error rates. Keywords: Intraductal.
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