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Intraoperative pathology consultation for urinary bladder specimens is relatively infrequent, accounting for less than 5% of all frozen sections (FS) diagnosis requests in previous studies.1,66,67 Wide use of transurethral cystoscopy allows preoperative biopsy or resection of most bladder lesions for histological diagnosis. However, intraoperative pathology consultation remains essential for guidance of surgery in several selective instances. The reasons, diagnostic usefulness, and pitfalls of FS of urinary bladder, ureter, and urethra specimens will be discussed.
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Shen, S.S., Ro, J.Y., Lerner, S.P., Truong, L.D. (2009). Urinary Bladder, Ureter, and Urethra. In: Frozen Section Library: Genitourinary Tract. Frozen Section Library, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0691-5_2
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