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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:1760
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

INVITED COMMENTARY

Paul H. Schipper, MD

Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, 200 First St, SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA

Francis C. Nichols, III, MD

Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, 200 First St, SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA

schipperp@msnotes.wustl.edu
nichols.francis@mayo.edu

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Technical advances in chest imaging combined with lung cancer screening trials are bringing ever-smaller pulmonary nodules to light. Although positron emission tomography (PET) and transthoracic needle aspiration (TTNA) may assist in the differentiation of benign from malignant nodules, definitive diagnosis of many pulmonary nodules cannot be determined until they are surgically removed and pathologically examined. Quick, thorough, and accurate pathological diagnosis is essential in the surgical management of pulmonary nodules so appropriate resection can be accomplished at the time of initial wedge resection under the same general anesthetic.

The technique of frozen section surgical pathology is more than 100 years . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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