Journal article
Diagnostic discrepancies between antemortem clinical diagnosis and autopsy findings in pediatric cancer patients
Abstract
Prevalence of discrepancies between antemortem clinical diagnoses and postmortem autopsy findings is uncertain in pediatric oncology given improving diagnostic capabilities over time. Primary objective was to describe discrepancies between antemortem and postmortem diagnosis of pediatric cancer deaths. Secondary objective was to compare clinical characteristics of deaths with and without major diagnostic discrepancies. This was a retrospective …
Authors
Raghuram N; Alodan K; Bartels U; Alexander S; Pole JD; Gibson P; Johnston DL; Portwine C; Silva M; Sung L
Journal
Virchows Archiv, Vol. 478, No. 6, pp. 1179–1185
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
June 2021
DOI
10.1007/s00428-020-03002-4
ISSN
0945-6317