Waffle diagnosis
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A waffle diagnosis is something used to say "I don't know". It is used when a pathologist cannot decide whether something is benign or suspicious for malignant.[1]
Features:
- Their use should be minimized.
- Pathologists that use 'em too often aren't doing a good job.
- They are relatively common in cytopathology.
Examples
- ASCUS - gynecologic cytopathology.
- FLUS - thyroid cytopathology.
References
- ↑ Layfield LJ, Morton MJ, Cramer HM, Hirschowitz S (October 2009). "Implications of the proposed thyroid fine-needle aspiration category of "follicular lesion of undetermined significance": A five-year multi-institutional analysis". Diagn. Cytopathol. 37 (10): 710–4. doi:10.1002/dc.21093. PMID 19373907.