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'''Reactive atypia''' a confusing term that should ''not'' be used.<ref>GHH. 17 November 2010.</ref>  
'''Reactive atypia''' is a term that may be confusing as it contains the word "atypia"; some say it should ''not'' be used.<ref>GHH. 17 November 2010.</ref>


The correct categorization of a specimen is one of the following:
Generally, it is understood as changes due to inflammation or injury without neoplastic change.
 
A less confusing categorization is:
# Reactive (benign).
# Reactive (benign).
# Dysplastic (pre-malignant).  
# Dysplastic (pre-malignant).  
# Indefinite for dysplasia (I don't know).
# [[Indefinite for dysplasia]] ("I don't know").


Reactive atypia confused people between #1 and #2.
Reactive atypia may confuse people between #1 and #2.


''Reactive atypia'' is used by Sternberg.<ref>{{Ref Sternberg4|2055}}</ref>
''Reactive atypia'' is used by Sternberg.<ref>{{Ref Sternberg4|2055}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 18:33, 9 November 2014

Reactive atypia is a term that may be confusing as it contains the word "atypia"; some say it should not be used.[1]

Generally, it is understood as changes due to inflammation or injury without neoplastic change.

A less confusing categorization is:

  1. Reactive (benign).
  2. Dysplastic (pre-malignant).
  3. Indefinite for dysplasia ("I don't know").

Reactive atypia may confuse people between #1 and #2.

Reactive atypia is used by Sternberg.[2]

See also

References

  1. GHH. 17 November 2010.
  2. Mills, Stacey E; Carter, Darryl; Greenson, Joel K; Oberman, Harold A; Reuter, Victor E (2004). Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology (4th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 2055. ISBN 978-0781740517.