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Accuracy of Frozen Section Pathology
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Accuracy of Frozen Section Pathology

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    • January 29, 2019 at 3:46 pm
    jmp_0513
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      Hi all,

      We've gotten results from the frozen section of my husband's sentinel node biopsy, and those came back negative. We're still waiting on the "final" pathology report, and praying the frozen section results are accurate. Anyone have much experience or info with this?

       

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        • January 29, 2019 at 4:52 pm
        EricaInMS
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          My husband's SNB was 16 years ago, so things may be a little different now.  When they did the initial surgery, they did a quick examination of the SNB and did not see any signs of melanoma.  If they had, they would have taken out more lymph nodes.  After the surgery, they did a more detailed (microscopic?) examination of the sentinal lymph node, and did find melanoma in the node.  I suspect that only a small percentage of patients have different results in the final pathology report, but as I can attest, it does happen.

          Scanxiety is no fun – I hope that you get good news soon.

          – Erica

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