Diagnostic Pathology: Intraoperative Consultation

Susan C. Lester, MD, PhD, is the Former Chief of Breast Pathology Services at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor with Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts

General

Intraoperative Consultation: Introduction

Quality Assurance

Safety Precautions

Telepathology

Methods

Gross Examination

Cytologic Examination

Frozen Section

Slide Preparation

Tissue Allocation for Special Studies and Banking

Breast: Radioactive Seed Localization

Lymph Nodes: Molecular Methods for Evaluation

Contents

Adrenal and Paraganglia: Diagnosis

Anterior Mediastinal Mass: Diagnosis

Appendix: Diagnosis

Bone Lesion/Tumor: Diagnosis and Margins

Breast: Diagnosis

Breast: Parenchymal Margins

Breast: Nipple Margin Evaluation

Bronchus and Trachea: Diagnosis

Cerebellum and Brainstem: Diagnosis

Cerebral Hemispheres: Diagnosis

Cerebral Hemispheres: Evaluation for Epilepsy

Colon: Diagnosis and Margins

Colon: Evaluation for Hirschsprung Disease

Esophagus: Diagnosis and Margins

Fallopian Tube: Diagnosis

Head and Neck Mucosa: Diagnosis and Margins

Kidney, Adult: Diagnosis and Margins

Kidney: Evaluation of Allograft Prior to Transplantation

Kidney Needle Biopsy: Evaluation for Adequacy

Kidney, Pediatric: Indications and Utility

Larynx: Diagnosis and Margins

Liver, Capsular Mass: Diagnosis

Liver: Evaluation of Allograft Prior to Transplantation

Liver, Intrahepatic Mass: Diagnosis and Margins

Lung, Ground Glass-Opacities and Small Masses: Image-Guided Resection

Lung: Margins

Lung: Nonneoplastic Diffuse Disease: Diagnosis

Lung Mass: Diagnosis

Lymph Nodes, Axillary: Diagnosis

Lymph Nodes Below Diaphragm: Diagnosis

Lymph Nodes: Diagnosis of Suspected Lymphoproliferative Disease

Lymph Nodes, Head and Neck: Diagnosis

Lymph Nodes, Mediastinal: Diagnosis

Meninges: Diagnosis

Nasal/Sinus: Diagnosis of Suspected Fungal Rhinosinusitis

Nasal/Sinus: Diagnosis of Suspected Neoplasia

Oropharynx and Nasopharynx: Diagnosis

Ovary, Mass: Diagnosis

Pancreas, Biopsy: Diagnosis

Pancreas Resection: Parenchymal, Retroperitoneal, and Bile Duct Margins

Parathyroid Gland: Diagnosis and Margins

Peripheral Nerve and Skeletal Muscle: Allocation of Tissue for Special Studies

Peritoneal/Omental Mass: Biopsy

Pituitary: Diagnosis

Pleura: Diagnosis

Revision Arthroplasty: Evaluation of Infection

Salivary Gland: Diagnosis and Margins

Skin: Diagnosis and Margins

Skin: Evaluation for Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis vs. Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

Skin: Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Soft Tissue: Evaluation for Necrotizing Fasciitis

Soft Tissue Mass: Diagnosis and Margins

Spinal Cord: Diagnosis

Stomach: Diagnosis and Margins

Thyroid: Diagnosis

Ureter: Margins

Uterus, Endometrium: Diagnosis

Uterus, Endometrium: Diagnosis of Pregnancy

Uterus, Myometrium: Diagnosis

Vulva: Diagnosis and Margins