Can histopathologists reliably diagnose molar pregnancy?

Can histopathologists reliably diagnose molar pregnancy?

AIMS To assess the degree of difficulty in diagnosing partial mole by analysing intraobserver and interobserver agreement among a group of pathologists for these diagnoses. METHODS Fifty mixed cases of partial mole, complete mole, and non-molar pregnancy were submitted to seven histopathologists, two of whom are expert gynaecological pathologists; the other five were district general hospital...

Can histopathologists reliably assess dysplasia in chronic inflammatory bowel disease?

A copy of the standardised classification (SC) proposed for assessing dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease was circulated to six histopathologists who were asked to apply it to 40 slides from 34 patients with ulcerative colitis to test its reproducibility. The slides were relabelled and recirculated to the pathologists at least one month later. Each was asked to state whether or not key diag...

Molar Pregnancy Presents as Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy

How Reliably Can General Practitioners Diagnose Depression Using ICD-10 Criteria?

Background: ICD-10 diagnostic coding has been obligatory for all doctors in Germany since January 2000. We examined how reliably General Practitioners (GPs) can diagnose depression according to ICD-10 criteria in a nonresearch setting. Methods: 182 GPs volunteered during a two-day weekend seminar to diagnose a fictional patient. A fictional case was based on the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for “...

Molar Pregnancy

Figure. A transabdominal ultrasound of the pelvis revealing a uterus (arrow) with multiple cystic areas within an enlarged echogenic endometrial cavity (arrowhead). A 15-year-old Hispanic primigravid female at 12 weeks gestation presented to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of vaginal bleeding for two days. The patient denied any abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or fever. On physical ...