Assessment of frozen sections in patients referred to Shahid Rajaee hospital(1996-2000)

Background: Frozen section is a useful technique which accelerates surgeons diagnosis. Objective: To assess the results of frozen & permanent sections in samples sent to pathological ward of Shahid Rajaee hospital. Methods: In this descriptive study 322 frozen section samples of 313 patients sent to pathological ward of Shahid Rajaee hospital were studied (1996-2000). Findings: 59.5% of the patients were female. Most samples were of breast (19%) . The other maximum incidences were as follows : 30-49 age - group (41%) , benign lesions 46% , malignant tumors 43% , deferred results 10% of which 40% were malignent tumors in permanent sections. There were 2 cases of false positive & 1 insufficient case. The accuracy of malignant tumors and benign lesions were 90% and 88% respectively. Conclusion: Including patients clinical and lab records, there will be less defferred result