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Kobashi M, Ishikawa S, Inaba T, Iwamuro M, Aoyama Y, Kagawa T, Takeuchi Y, Ando M, Nakamura S, Okada H. Diagnostic accuracy of frozen section biopsy for early gastric cancer extent during endoscopic submucosal dissection: a prospective study. Surg Endosc 2023; 37:6736-6748. [PMID: 37217685 PMCID: PMC10462503 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-023-10100-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Accurate diagnosis of the lateral extent of early gastric cancer during endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is crucial to achieve negative resection margins. Similar to intraoperative consultation with a frozen section in surgery, rapid frozen section diagnosis with endoscopic forceps biopsy may be useful in assessing tumor margins during ESD. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of frozen section biopsy. METHODS We prospectively enrolled 32 patients undergoing ESD for early gastric cancer. Biopsy samples for the frozen sections were randomly collected from fresh resected ESD specimens before formalin fixation. Two different pathologists independently diagnosed 130 frozen sections as "neoplasia," "negative for neoplasia," or "indefinite for neoplasia," and the frozen section diagnosis was compared with the final pathological results of the ESD specimens. RESULTS Among the 130 frozen sections, 35 were from cancerous areas, and 95 were from non-cancerous areas. The diagnostic accuracies of the frozen section biopsies by the two pathologists were 98.5 and 94.6%, respectively. Cohen's kappa coefficient of diagnoses by the two pathologists was 0.851 (95% confidence interval: 0.837-0.864). Incorrect diagnoses resulted from freezing artifacts, a small volume of tissue, inflammation, the presence of well-differentiated adenocarcinoma with mild nuclear atypia, and/or tissue damage during ESD. CONCLUSIONS Pathological diagnosis of frozen section biopsy is reliable and can be applied as a rapid frozen section diagnosis for evaluating the lateral margins of early gastric cancer during ESD.
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- Mayu Kobashi
- Department of Gastroenterology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-8557, Japan.
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-8557, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-8557, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-8557, Japan
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-8557, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine, Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-8557, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-8557, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Chen F, Jiang K, Han B. Diagnostic challenges of intra-operative frozen consultation for gastrointestinal signet ring cell carcinoma†. Histopathology 2020; 78:300-309. [PMID: 32767784 DOI: 10.1111/his.14229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS Signet ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) is challenging to recognise on intra-operative frozen sections, with known high false-negative rates. The objective of this study was to investigate common factors contributing to discrepancies between intra-operative frozen diagnoses and those made upon review of permanent sections, and summarise our experiences gained and lessons learned on minimising errors on intra-operative frozen diagnoses of gastrointestinal SRCC. METHODS AND RESULTS We retrospectively examined our pathology database from 25 May 2000 to 1 January 2018 and re-reviewed intra-operative frozen sections and permanent haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) slides for specimens confirmed with SRCC on permanent sections. This study includes 83 specimens taken from 50 patients, with an accuracy of 85.5%. Main common factors causing discordance or deferral in recognising SRCC between intra-operative frozen procedures and permanent sections include: (i) resemblance of clusters of SRCC cells with a myxoid background; (ii) disguise as normal or reactive cells (histiocytes, macrophages, large reactive lymphocytes, plasma cells or adipocytes) due to their relatively clear or depleted cytoplasmic mucin; and (iii) histological sampling errors, leading to misses of small foci of SRCC on frozen section slides. CONCLUSIONS An accurate diagnosis of SRCC during intra-operative frozen consultations remains challenging. Based on our experiences and lessons, the most important strategies to reduce diagnostic errors are: (i) understanding the unusual histomorphological features of SRCC cells on frozen sections including, but not limited to, intracellular mucin depletion, absence of desmoplasia and no adjacent pre-cancer changes; and (ii) close attention to abrupt transition from normal architecture (e.g. glandular or submucosal loose connective tissue) to myxoid and/or inflammatory-like appearance, which potentially harbours SRCC.
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- Fengming Chen
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.,Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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Zhu X, Bledsoe JR. Frozen section diagnosis of gastrointestinal poorly cohesive and signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma: useful morphologic features to avoid misdiagnosis. Virchows Arch 2020; 477:497-506. [PMID: 32215719 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-020-02799-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Frozen section examination of adenocarcinomas with poorly cohesive growth, including signet-ring cell carcinoma, is challenging. Due to their diffuse morphology, the tumor cells may be indistinct and difficult to distinguish from inflammatory or stromal cells. Misdiagnosis may result in significant adverse clinical outcome. We performed a detailed retrospective analysis of such cases to identify features that are helpful to avoid misdiagnosis at the time of frozen section. We reviewed the original frozen section slides from 50 patients with poorly cohesive carcinoma (PCC) including 32 with positive and 18 with negative frozen section slides. Tumor cells and inflammatory cells were evaluated for 17 distinct cytologic and nine architectural or stromal features. Features with 100% specificity and positive predictive value (PPV) for carcinoma included the presence of cells with a single distinct cytoplasmic mucin vacuole, focal gland formation, and perineural invasion. Features with high specificity, sensitivity, PPV, and negative predictive value (NPV) (all > 75%) included irregular nuclear contours, large nuclear size with many nuclei > 4× the size of a small lymphocyte, and disruption/obliteration of normal structures. Other features with high specificity and PPV (both ≥ 85%) but relatively low sensitivity and NPV-included crescent-shaped/indented nuclei, prominent nucleoli, anisonucleosis (> 4:1 difference in nuclear size), multinucleation, and the presence of mitotic figures. We characterized useful histologic features of poorly cohesive carcinoma that may serve to distinguish carcinoma cells from benign inflammatory or stroma cells. Knowledge of the relatively specific features in particular may help surgical pathologists avoid false-negative interpretation resulting in significant clinical morbidity.
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- Xiaoqin Zhu
- Department of Pathology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts, One Innovation Drive, Biotech 3, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, University of Massachusetts, One Innovation Drive, Biotech 3, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
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Maher S, Feighery L, Brayden DJ, McClean S. Melittin as a permeability enhancer II: in vitro investigations in human mucus secreting intestinal monolayers and rat colonic mucosae. Pharm Res 2007; 24:1346-56. [PMID: 17380268 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9246-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Accepted: 01/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Melittin has shown potential as a non-cytotoxic absorption enhancer in Caco-2 monolayers. Our objectives were to assess in vitro efficacy and cytotoxicity of melittin in two intestinal permeability models and investigate the potential mechanism by which melittin might enhance gastrointestinal absorption. MATERIALS AND METHODS The effects of melittin were examined in the mucus-secreting intestinal cell monolayers, HT29-MTX-E12 (E12), using transepithelial electrical resistance (TER), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the MTT viability assay. The effects of melittin on TER, permeability and short circuit current (Isc) were also investigated in rat colon mucosae mounted in Ussing chambers. Ion transporting capacity of tissue was measured in response to secretagogues as surrogate markers of cytotoxicity. Melittin stability was examined by a means of a hemolytic assay. The mechanism by which melittin decreases TER across the rat mucosa was examined with a range of enzymatic inhibitors. RESULTS Apical addition of melittin resulted in a reversible non-cytotoxic concentration-dependent decrease in TER across E12 monolayers, which was independent of the presence of mucus. Apical addition of melittin reduced TER and increased the permeability of [(14)C]-mannitol across rat colonic mucosae. The melittin-induced drop in TER in rat colon was significantly attenuated by W7 suggesting partial mediation by calmodulin. CONCLUSIONS The rapid and reversible nature of melittin's permeation enhancing properties and its limited cytotoxicity in polarized intestinal epithelia, suggests a potential drug delivery role for the peptide in oral formulations of poorly absorbed drugs.
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- Sam Maher
- ITT Dublin, Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
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Context.—Intraoperative consultation is frequently requested by surgeons operating on the gastrointestinal tract, appendix, and peritoneum. In this setting, the pathologist's diagnosis plays a central role in determining whether a resection is needed, and if so, how much to resect and whether it was adequate. There is no room for errors in the frozen section laboratory, because a small mistake can have serious consequences. To my knowledge, no recent books or publications in the literature have dealt with this important topic.
Objective.—To review the intraoperative consultation of the gastrointestinal tract, appendix, and peritoneum.
Data Sources.—The MEDLINE database was queried for keywords, including gastrointestinal, esophagus, stomach, esophageal, gastric, small intestine, and all other names of the gastrointestinal tract, peritoneum, and appendix in combination with frozen section. All suitable articles were retrieved and reviewed. This literature search and my personal experience formed the basis of this review.
Conclusions.—The role, value, and limitations of frozen section and gross consultation are different for different areas of the gastrointestinal tract, even for the same types of lesions. Close interaction with the surgeon and knowing what is intended from the frozen section, what will be done following a certain diagnosis, and what is the minimal information needed from the pathologist at the time of frozen section are essential for proper patient management.
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- Mamoun Younes
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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