Home     Contact Us    
Main Board Job Seeker's Board Job Wanted Board Resume Bank Company Board Word Help Medquist New MTs Classifieds Offshore Concerns VR/Speech Recognition Tech Help Coding/Medical Billing
Gab Board Politics Comedy Stop Health Issues
ADVERTISEMENT




Serving Over 20,000 US Medical Transcriptionists

Yes, it probably is squamous epithelial

Posted By: TTer2 on 2008-10-18
In Reply to: Urinalysis--patient had "squames"??? - starstruck

Subject: Yes, it probably is squamous epithelial

nm


Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu


Other related messages found in our database

However, it IS epithelial..............
Subject: However, it IS epithelial..............


epithelial
Subject: epithelial

sounds likes "toenail epithelial/epithelium" and "ascending cellulitis."
epithelial cells i believe.
Subject: epithelial cells i believe.


epithelial cells
Subject: epithelial cells

nm
epithelial casts?
Subject: epithelial casts?


Probably short for epithelial cells
Subject: Probably short for epithelial cells


epis as in epithelial cells
Subject: epis as in epithelial cells

x
"epis" (pronounced as you have it) - epithelial cells
Subject: "epis" (pronounced as you have it) - epithelial cells


It's a squamous-cell CA. sm
Subject: It's a squamous-cell CA. sm

I don't hear an L sound - widely would have been my best guess, but it really doesn't sound like it. His inflection makes it sound like a two-part adjective, like topsy-turvy. He says "Vulva: Diffuse whitey-warty lesion on the left side...." I can't verify anything like that. I don't usually have to blank or flag this guy's reports - this might be the first!
Exophytic mass (arising from epithelial surface) ?
Subject: Exophytic mass (arising from epithelial surface) ?

dd
that should be Atypical Squamous Cells, etc. (nm)
Subject: that should be Atypical Squamous Cells, etc. (nm)


WAG but squamous cell cancers? nm
Subject: WAG but squamous cell cancers? nm


U R right....it is squamous cell cancers
Subject: U R right....it is squamous cell cancers

I just can't figure out the little "des or just" or something right before it.  But I am going to leave that one out and let him fill in.  Thanks.
Some squamous cell CAs have keratin pearls. May be what they mean. nm
Subject: Some squamous cell CAs have keratin pearls. May be what they mean. nm


T3NX squamous cell carcinoma
Subject: T3NX squamous cell carcinoma

How shold the T3NX be typed?  T3-NX, T3NX, T3 Nx?  I see it all different ways and not sure which is correct. 
inflammatory regenerative squamous atypia
Subject: inflammatory regenerative squamous atypia


keratinizing squamous cells of unknown significance?
Subject: keratinizing squamous cells of unknown significance?


There is also LGSIL meaning Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion
Subject: There is also LGSIL meaning Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion


Squamous atypia treated with electric __cation and curettage. Any ideas? nm
Subject: Squamous atypia treated with electric __cation and curettage. Any ideas? nm

..
Pt with a history of squamous cell cancer of s/l end stage T3, N0, M0, status post ..sm
Subject: Pt with a history of squamous cell cancer of s/l end stage T3, N0, M0, status post ..sm

chemoradiation treatment.  Sounds like he is saying end stage or ana stage.  Help is appreciated.  Thanks!
He has had problems with accumulation of squamous, "cholestea", debris in the mastoid cavity.
Subject: He has had problems with accumulation of squamous, "cholestea", debris in the mastoid cavity.

Is this right???