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'''Critical values''' is a concept which comes from clinical pathology. In the context of surgical pathology it is | '''Critical values''' is a concept which comes to anatomical pathology from clinical pathology.<ref name=pmid17491125>{{cite journal |author=Allen TC |title=Critical values in anatomic pathology? |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=131 |issue=5 |pages=684–7 |year=2007 |month=May |pmid=17491125 |doi= |url=}}</ref> In the context of surgical pathology, it is, perhaps more appropriately, called '''critical diagnosis'''. | ||
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===Renal=== | ===Renal=== | ||
*Crescents in kidney biopsy. | *Crescents in kidney biopsy. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://ajcp.ascpjournals.org/content/122/2/201.full.pdf AJCP article with partial list]. | *[http://ajcp.ascpjournals.org/content/122/2/201.full.pdf AJCP article with partial list]. | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 24 September 2010
Critical values is a concept which comes to anatomical pathology from clinical pathology.[1] In the context of surgical pathology, it is, perhaps more appropriately, called critical diagnosis.
List
General
- Large vessel in core biopsy specimen.
- Unexpected malignant diagnosis.
- Malignant diagnosis in the context of a medical emergency:
- Neoplasm causing paralysis.
- Malignancy causing superior vena cava syndrome.
Cytology
Article looking at critical values in cytology: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112606899.
Gynecologic
- No chorionic villi or trophoblasts on D&C in someone pregnant.
- Fat on endometrial biopsy.
- Fat on endocervical canal sampling.
Diagnostic of infection
- Fungal.
- Microbacterial.
- Bacterial.
- Viral.
Suggestive of infection
- Necrotic granulomas.
Cardiac
- Mesothelial cells in heart muscle biopsy.
- Transplant rejection.
Medical diseases
- Vasculitis.
Renal
- Crescents in kidney biopsy.