Journal of Clinical Pathology 2003;56:626; doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.626
Copyright © 2003 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Association of Clinical Pathologists.
Journal of Clinical Pathology 2003;56:626
© 2003 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. & Association of Clinical Pathologists
© 2003 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. & Association of Clinical Pathologists
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Pathology’s top ten one liners—and what they really mean
St John’s Medical College, 428, 7th Cross, 1st Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560 011, India; rajtiru@hotmail.com
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- Enucleated specimen of right eye, inadequate for opinion: excise the left eye, too.
- Small round cell tumour, advised immunohistochemistry for a definite diagnosis: I don’t know what the hell it is.
- Compatible with lichen planus: doesn’t look like it. But if you insist, I don’t resist.
- Florid reactive hyperplasia, lymph node; advised close clinical follow up: boss, wait till it turns into a full blown lymphoma, then I’ll type it.
- Borderline serous cystadenoma, ovary, with focal microinvasion: phew, this’ll save my skin, if the patient throws a met 10 years later!
- Early ill formed epithelioid granulomas with occasional acid fast bacilli: I have an excellent imagination!
- Special stains for fungi, bacteria and parasites are not contributory: I didn’t look hard enough.
- Metastatic poorly differentiated neoplasm, cerebellum, with possibilities of carcinoma, sarcoma, melanoma, lymphoma . . .: looking for the primary is your job; anyway, how does it matter now?
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