[Diagnostic value of frozen section biopsy during surgery for breast lesions or neoplasms].

Background: During the surgical treatment of breast neoplasms (benign or malignant), frozen section biopsy is frequently requested to assess the kind of lesion and determine the surgical margins.

Aim: To assess the diagnostic yield of frozen section breast biopsy.

Material And Methods: AH the pathological reports of frozen section biopsies and definitive biopsies of 337 women aged 26 to 88 years, operated for suspected breast neoplasms between 2002 and 2006, were reviewed.