Research Article

Role of Intraoperative Pathology Consultation in Skeletal Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions

Table 1

Correlation of frozen section and imprint cytology with paraffin-embedded sections .

Paraffin-embedded section ( = 39)Frozen section ( = 39)Imprint smear ( = 39)

Osteosarcoma ( = 5)Osteosarcoma ( = 2)
Malignant tumor, typing not possible ( = 1)
Sarcoma NOS ( = 1)
Benign tumor ( = 1)
Osteosarcoma ( = 1)
Sarcoma NOS ( = 2)
Benign osteoblastic tumor ( = 1)
Inconclusive ( = 1)

Chondrosarcoma, well differentiated ( = 1)
Chondrosarcoma, dedifferentiated ( = 1)
Chondromyxoid fibroma ( = 1)
Sarcoma NOS ( = 1)
Benign chondroid lesion ( = 1)
Sarcoma NOS ( = 1)

Ewing’s sarcoma ( = 5)Ewing’s sarcoma ( = 1)
Malignant small round cell tumor ( = 3)
Sarcoma NOS ( = 1)
Ewing’s sarcoma ( = 2)
Malignant small round cell tumor ( = 3)

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma ( = 2)Lymphoma ( = 1)
Malignant undifferentiated tumor ( = 1)
Lymphoma ( = 1)
Malignant small round cell tumor ( = 1)

Biphasic tumor, possibilities: adamantinoma and synovial sarcoma ( = 1) Malignant spindle cell tumor ( = 1)Benign spindle cell tumor ( = 1)

Sarcoma NOS ( = 1)Inconclusive ( = 1)Benign spindle cell tumor ( = 1)

Malignant undifferentiated tumor ( = 1)Sarcoma NOS ( = 1)Sarcoma NOS ( = 1)

Metastatic carcinomatous deposits ( = 1)Metastatic carcinomatous deposits ( = 1)Metastatic carcinomatous deposits ( = 1)

Giant cell tumor ( = 10)Giant cell tumor ( = 9)
Giant cell rich benign lesion ( = 1)
Giant cell tumor ( = 9)
Giant cell rich benign lesion ( = 1)

Chondromyxoid fibroma ( = 3)Chondromyxoid fibroma ( = 1)
Chondroid lesion, possibly chondroblastoma ( = 1)
Giant cell tumor ( = 1)
Giant cell rich benign lesion ( = 3)

Ossifying fibroma ( = 2)Inconclusive ( = 2)Giant cell rich benign lesion ( = 1)
Inconclusive ( = 1)

Benign fibrous histiocytoma ( = 1)Benign spindle cell lesion ( = 1)Benign spindle cell lesion ( = 1)

Osteochondroma ( = 1)Benign osteocartilaginous lesion ( = 1)Giant cell rich benign lesion ( = 1)

Enchondroma ( = 1)Benign chondroid lesion ( = 1)Chondroma ( = 1)

Aneurysmal bone cyst ( = 2)Aneurysmal bone cyst ( = 1)
Borderline osteoblastic lesion ( = 1)
Giant cell rich lesion ( = 1)
Benign cystic lesion ( = 1)

Unicameral bone cyst ( = 1)Benign cystic lesion ( = 1)Benign cystic lesion ( = 1)

Two cases inconclusive on final sections were excluded.