Frozen Section Library: Pancreas

Wendy L. Frankel, MD, is at the Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Pathology, Columbus, OH. Daniela M. Proca, MD, is at the Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Pathology, Columbus, OH.

• Introduction.- Clinical Indications and Surgeons’ Expectations.- The Distinction between Chronic Pancreatitis and Adenocarcinoma.- Variants of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma and Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia.- Cystic Lesions in the Pancreas.- Other Pancreatic Tumors.- Secondary Tumors and Miscellaneous Lesions Involving the Pancreas.- Metastases, Resectability and Margins.- Suggested Reading.