Accuracy of intra-operative frozen section consultation in south of Iran during four years.

Background: Accuracy of intraoperative frozen section diagnosis is an important part of quality control in surgical pathology. In this study we try to evaluate the frozen section diagnosis in our center, a referral center in southern Iran.

Materials And Methods: During the four-year-period of study, all the frozen sections in the affiliated hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were evaluated.

Testicular fine needle aspiration cytology in male infertility.

Objective: To compare the accuracy of testicular fine needle aspiration and biopsy for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

Study Design: A comparison of testicular fine needle aspiration and biopsy was performed on 34 infertile men over a 2-year period.

Results: Concordance of the 2 tests was evident in 88% of cases.