TY - JOUR
T1 - Same specimen, different diagnoses
T2 - Suprahistologic elements in observer variability
AU - Genta, Robert M.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - External influences, referred to as suprahistologic elements, may modulate pathologists' interpretation of morphologic findings. These elements can be divided into those that are loosely evidence based and exert a desirable influence on the diagnosis and those that arise from emotional, sometimes irrational perceptions not rooted in objective evidence. The latter, together with individual experience and competence, may lie at the core of the notorious interobserver and intraobserver variability.
AB - External influences, referred to as suprahistologic elements, may modulate pathologists' interpretation of morphologic findings. These elements can be divided into those that are loosely evidence based and exert a desirable influence on the diagnosis and those that arise from emotional, sometimes irrational perceptions not rooted in objective evidence. The latter, together with individual experience and competence, may lie at the core of the notorious interobserver and intraobserver variability.
KW - diagnosis
KW - evidence-based practice
KW - histopathology
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U2 - 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000023
DO - 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000023
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24713989
AN - SCOPUS:84898411618
SN - 1072-4109
VL - 21
SP - 188
EP - 190
JO - Advances in anatomic pathology
JF - Advances in anatomic pathology
IS - 3
ER -