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.

Frozen Sections are performed while a patient is undergoing surgery as a basis for making an immediate diagnosis that will impact treatment decisions. Frozen section diagnosis is often a highly demanding situation for the pathologist who must render a diagnosis quickly for the patient and surgeon. The Frozen Section Library series will provide concise, user-friendly, site specific handbooks that are well illustrated and highlight the pitfalls, artifacts and differential diagnosis issues that arise in the hurried frozen section scenario.