Correlation of the autopsy with the clinical diagnosis in common neoplasms in a general hospital
Koukolík, F.
Casopis Lekaru Ceskych 129(27): 842-845
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-7335 PMID: 2208215 Document Number: 364936
The author correlated in a group of 1100 autopsies made in 1987-1989 the clinical and autoptic diagnosis of malignant neoplasms of the bronchi, lungs, stomach, large intestine and rectum, liver and extrahepatic biliary pathways, pancreas and kidneys. In the case of the stomach, large bowel, liver and pancreas the diagnosis moreover with the diagnosis of non-tumourous diseases of these organs. As compared with worldwide autoptic correlations, the diagnostic standard of carcinoma of the bronchi and lungs is roughly equal, in carcinoma of the liver it is better, in carcinoma of the extrahepatic biliary pathways and stomach it is worse. The diagnostic sensitivity of malignant tumours varies from 0.6 to 0.4 and thus in 40-60% of autoptic findings of the mentioned neoplasms an accurate clinical diagnosis was not established. The rate of diagnostic errors of the first type is, however, in this group of differing clinical and autoptic diagnoses lower than in diseases caused by infectious causal agents, the rate of errors of the second type is high. Comparison of the diagnosis of tumourous and non-tumourous diseases of the stomach, large bowel, pancreas and liver revealed roughly the same diagnostic standard with the exception of cirrhosis of the liver where it is lower.