Intraoperative frozen section analysis of sentinel lymph nodes in breast carcinoma patients in a tertiary hospital in Pakistan Ambreen Moatasim, Shafaq Mujtaba, Naveen Faridi International Journal of Surgery Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 253-258 (April 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.01.007 Copyright © 2013 Surgical Associates Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Serial slicing and processing of a sentinel lymph node for frozen section. International Journal of Surgery 2013 11, 253-258DOI: (10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.01.007) Copyright © 2013 Surgical Associates Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Subcapsular micrometastasis, confirmed on immunohistochemistry using cytokeratin AE1/AE3 (H&EX10M). Inset showing infiltrating ductal carcinoma Grade 2 as seen on paraffin section of breast lump of same patient. International Journal of Surgery 2013 11, 253-258DOI: (10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.01.007) Copyright © 2013 Surgical Associates Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 A large focus of metastatic carcinoma (arrow). Effacement of nodal architecture on the left by cords and sheets of tumor cells having pleomorphic, hyperchromatic nuclei (H&EX10M). Inset showing infiltrating ductal carcinoma Grade 2 on paraffin section of breast lump of same patient.. International Journal of Surgery 2013 11, 253-258DOI: (10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.01.007) Copyright © 2013 Surgical Associates Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 Micrometastasis (arrows) in a sentinel lymph node. (a) A suspicious focus seen on frozen section (H&EX4M), (b) On high power (H&EX20M) cords and groups of tumor cells seen in subcapsular area. International Journal of Surgery 2013 11, 253-258DOI: (10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.01.007) Copyright © 2013 Surgical Associates Ltd Terms and Conditions