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Revision as of 20:59, 1 March 2011
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.
See also
References
- ↑ Allen TC (May 2007). "Critical values in anatomic pathology?". Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 131 (5): 684–7. PMID 17491125. http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?request=get-document&issn=0003-9985&volume=131&issue=5&page=684.