This is a freak case to be honest. Osteosarcoma in cervical spine that did not burst out of the vertebra for months (assuming this because otherwise it would look more malignant in the imaging, ringing alarm bells. I don't know if closing the patient at that point would make any difference. Sad case for both parties.
The only slides mentioned are frozen sections…those preparations have poor cell morphology and are suboptimal for a definitive diagnosis. There must have been other slides made, as well as additional stains and molecular testing. The pathology section seems sparse… There’s no way the final diagnosis was made from a frozen section!!
This is a freak case to be honest. Osteosarcoma in cervical spine that did not burst out of the vertebra for months (assuming this because otherwise it would look more malignant in the imaging, ringing alarm bells. I don't know if closing the patient at that point would make any difference. Sad case for both parties.
The only slides mentioned are frozen sections…those preparations have poor cell morphology and are suboptimal for a definitive diagnosis. There must have been other slides made, as well as additional stains and molecular testing. The pathology section seems sparse… There’s no way the final diagnosis was made from a frozen section!!