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Lucas Rudmik, Kiril Trpkov, Carla Nash, Susan Kinnear, Vincent Falck, John Dushinski, and Elijah Dixon
Autoimmune pancreatitis associated with renal lesions mimicking metastatic tumours
CMAJ 2006; 175: 367-369 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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Jose Zanbilowicz   (31 August 2006)

medical vs lay terminology 31 August 2006
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Re: medical vs lay terminology

joe.zanbilowicz{at}sjghcomox.ca Jose Zanbilowicz

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The caption on Fig 1:C talks about "..masses mimicking tumours."

Masses are tumours. A tumour, in medical usage, is a swelling. It may be a neoplasm, or an area of inflammation as in 'tumor, dolor, calor'. In lay usage tumour has come to mean malignancy, but I believe that there is no place for such imprecise terminology in a peer reviewed medical journal.

Jose Zanbilowicz MDCM, FRCPC

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