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Pathology has '''no truth in names'''.
Pathology has '''no truth in names'''.  '''Misnomers''' redirects to this article.


Examples:
==The big table of lies==
*[[Papillary thyroid carcinoma]] - does not need papillae.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
*Large cell variant of [[small cell carcinoma]].
! Diagnosis
*[[Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour]] - does not require ''Sertoli cells'' and ''Leydig cells''.<ref name=Ref_PBoD1103>{{Ref PBoD|1103}}</ref>  
! Comment
*Eosinophilic variant of [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]].
|-
*[[Clear cell carcinoma]] - cells do not have to be clear; hobnailing is the key feature.
| [[Papillary thyroid carcinoma]]  
*[[Clear cell sarcoma]] - cells do not have to be clear through-out.
| does not need papillae
|-
| Large cell variant of [[small cell carcinoma]]
| name is an oxymoron
|-
| [[Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour]]  
| does not require ''Sertoli cells'' and ''Leydig cells''<ref name=Ref_PBoD1103>{{Ref PBoD|1103}}</ref>  
|-
| Eosinophilic variant of [[clear cell renal cell carcinoma]]
| name is an oxymoron
|-
| [[Clear cell carcinoma]]  
| cells do not have to be clear; hobnailing is the key feature
|-
| [[Clear cell sarcoma]]
| cells do not have to be clear through-out
|-
| [[Maternal floor infarct]]
| not really an [[infarct]]
|-
| Microglial
| a macrophage; ''not'' glial
|-
| [[Ganglion cyst]]
| not really a cyst
|-
| [[Fibroadenoma]]
| really ought to be ''adenofibroma'', as the fibrous part is the lesion
|-
| [[Pyogenic granuloma]]
| not infectious and not granulomatous
|-
| [[Solitary rectal ulcer]]
| three lies... none of the three have to be true in a given case
|}


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 21:28, 1 July 2013

Pathology has no truth in names. Misnomers redirects to this article.

The big table of lies

Diagnosis Comment
Papillary thyroid carcinoma does not need papillae
Large cell variant of small cell carcinoma name is an oxymoron
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour does not require Sertoli cells and Leydig cells[1]
Eosinophilic variant of clear cell renal cell carcinoma name is an oxymoron
Clear cell carcinoma cells do not have to be clear; hobnailing is the key feature
Clear cell sarcoma cells do not have to be clear through-out
Maternal floor infarct not really an infarct
Microglial a macrophage; not glial
Ganglion cyst not really a cyst
Fibroadenoma really ought to be adenofibroma, as the fibrous part is the lesion
Pyogenic granuloma not infectious and not granulomatous
Solitary rectal ulcer three lies... none of the three have to be true in a given case

See also

References

  1. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1103. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.