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Background
Typographical errors may either be the result of recording incorrect data as placed on the requisition form or a secretary transcribing an incorrect word or phrase. The result is often amusing and unexpected. The following phrases are taken from actual reports (before being finalized)!
History
History of Melanoma; melanoma vs. erogenous pigmentation
Undesired testis
The skin was moist and dry...
The lab test indicated abnormal lover function...
Skin: somewhat pale but present…Diagnosis
Erythema nervosum (for erythema nodosum)
Submitted by a veterinary pathologist...I dictated numerous erythematous skin lesions in the ventral abdomen of a pig and I said photos, meaning I took pictures. The secretary transcribed it as four toes.
Last Updated 2/2/2004
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