American journal of clinical pathology
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Am. J. Clin. Pathol. · Jun 2006
Review Comparative StudyManagement issues in breast lesions diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration and percutaneous core breast biopsy.
The use offine-needle aspiration biopsy or percutaneous core needle biopsy to diagnose breast lesions has increased during the past few decades. Although the benefits of these procedures are well known, controversies remain about the management of certain categories of breast lesions detected by these methods. This article discusses the management issues in categories of breast lesions, including papillary lesions, atypical lobular hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ, and mucinous lesions diagnosed by the preoperative techniques of aspiration or core biopsy.
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Am. J. Clin. Pathol. · Jun 2006
Correlation of workload with disagreement and amendment rates in surgical pathology and nongynecologic cytology.
In gynecologic cytology, workload limits are imposed as a surrogate to limit error rates. Whether workload correlates with error rates in surgical pathology and nongynecologic cytology is not known. We reviewed and compared the disagreement and amendment rates based on blinded review for 5 pathologists with the number of cases reviewed during that same period. ⋯ There is no correlation between workload and disagreement or amendment rates. Workload seems to be a poor surrogate for error rates in the range of workload examined in this study. Such data suggest that workload limits would have no effect at limiting or reducing error rates in surgical pathology or nongynecologic cytology.