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Pathology Transcriptionists Please Help - TXMT
Posted: Mar 13, 2014
I work in the path department and when a malignant case comes up that requires a CAP, I defer to the CAP summary. The docs dictate "lymphovascular . . ." but the CAP summaries will have "lymph-vascular . . ." The problem is today I was checking the CAP protocol for the Lung CA and the word was used both ways. In the actual protocol itself, there was the hyphenated version as a header, i.e., but then in the explanatory notes at the end of the protocol there's this
"There is data showing that lymphovascular invasion by tumor may represent an unfavorable prognostic finding."1
Which one is correct?
Thanks
what's the question? - nm
[ In Reply To ..]
I think it is a matter of preference - In our pathology department
[ In Reply To ..]We don't use CAP summaries, but we always use lymphovascular; I've never used the hyphenated version (35 years Surg Path experience)
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