Abbreviations
Last revised 15 August 2008
We try to minimize the use of abbreviations. However, our website chapters do frequently use the following:
+ means positive as in keratin+ or "more" as in ages 70+
- means negative as in keratin-
CNS: central nervous system
DD: differential diagnosis (i.e. what other diseases may appear similar)
EM: electron microscopy
ER: estrogen receptor
F: female
Gross: macroscopic features (i.e. those visible with the naked eye)
HPF: high power microscopic field
M: male
MF: mitotic figures
MFH: malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Micro: microscopic features
PgR or PR: progesterone receptor
RR: relative risk
TB: tuberculosis
End of Abbreviations