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Check Out This Lung Case

Published on Tue Dec 08, 2015

Question: Our pathologist evaluated a frozen section of a lung wedge biopsy during surgery, and later processed the biopsy specimen. Based on the pathologist’s frozen section findings, the surgeon proceeded with a lung lobe resection, and our pathologist consulted on the margins of this specimen, preparing three blocks for frozen sections and reporting to the surgeon that the margins were clear. [...]
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