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The intraoperative diagnosis of pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors can be difficult. Frozen section diagnosis was requested on 87 neuroendocrine tumors including 58 typical carcinoids, 8 atypical carcinoids, 18 large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas, and 3 small cell carcinomas from 2405 patients that
Although modern techniques in anesthesia and surgery have reduced morbidity and mortality for pulmonary resection, some physicians still consider advanced age a contraindication to resection of lung cancer. We examined our experience with VATS lobectomy in octogenarians at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Presacral neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are rare entities that are found at the presacral space. We report our experience in the diagnosis, management, and outcomes of primary presacral NENs.
This was an institutional review board-approved retrospective review of medical records and surgical
BACKGROUND
Pulmonary nodules are frequently first diagnosed by frozen section, immediately followed by lobectomy or other procedures. The frozen section diagnosis of pulmonary nodules can be difficult, as inflammatory and fibrotic lesions can be confused for malignancy, creating intraoperative