Diagnostic concordance of pathological methods and reports of hematopathologists compared to local nonspecialized pathologists in the diagnosis of lymphoma in Mexico.
Manuel Solano GenestaLuis Alberto Garcia GonzalezFrancisco Javier Rubio MaciasLeonora Valdez RojasCristina Alejandra Luna GonzalezOscar de Jesus Perez RamirezAdrian Alejandro Ceballos LopezAlvaro Cabrera GarciaLuis Arteaga OrtizRamon Martinez HernandezGuillermo José Ruiz ArgüellesMaria Del Carmen Lome MaldonadoP Yuridia L Alvarado BernalAlejandra Zarate OsornoJose Regalado RamosPaula BarreyroMiguel Angel Herrera RojasPublished in: Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2021)
This study showed that major discrepancies were observed following the review by hematopathologists compared with that of the local pathologist's initial diagnosis in nearly one-half cases. In addition, there was a wide variation in the percentage of diagnostic agreements and discrepancies among different study sites.