What a great case! Abdominal or peritoneal mass are frequent specimen for intraoperative frozen section and very often can be very challenging. Paraganglioma ( 副节瘤) can occurs in strange locations other than neck or retroperitoneal. One paraffin section, it seems to be easier. On frozen, the tumor cells appear relatively monotonous, can have very atypical cells as well. The vascular stroma and organoid growth pattern are typical and tumor cells do not have many mitoses and do not have desmoplastic stromal reaction. Thanks.
What a great case! Abdominal or peritoneal mass are frequent specimen for intraoperative frozen section and very often can be very challenging. Paraganglioma ( 副节瘤) can occurs in strange locations other than neck or retroperitoneal. One paraffin section, it seems to be easier. On frozen, the tumor cells appear relatively monotonous, can have very atypical cells as well. The vascular stroma and organoid growth pattern are typical and tumor cells do not have many mitoses and do not have desmoplastic stromal reaction. Thanks.