Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Outbreak?? of induration
English answer:
area of induration
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Lara Barnett
Feb 12, 2014 11:10
10 yrs ago
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English term
Outbreak?? of induration
English
Medical
Medical (general)
Medical findings report - autopsy report
Would one say there is an "outbreak of induration present" in an autopsy report, or is there a better word to use than "outbreak"? This is a literal translation I have made from a Romanian text but I cannot see how "outbreak" could be the correct term - or is it?
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3 +4 | area of induration | Charles Davis |
1 +2 | acute onset of induration | Sven Petersson |
4 -2 | Outbreak is correct! | acetran |
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area of induration
I am not a specialist in medical translation, but "area of induration" is by far the most common collocation in the autopsy reports I have browsed. "Outbreak" may be the dictionary equivalent of the Romanian word, but if so, I suspect that only a particular sense of the English word "outbreak" is involved here: namely, a visible manifestation.
In principle, an autopsy report states what the pathologist observes. It therefore tends to record visible phenomena, not processes. If evidence of induration can be observed, it can be deduced that before death induration took place, but normally the evidence will be recorded, rather than the deductions to be drawn from it. This, I think, is why, when induration is mentioned, reference is nearly always made to an area of induration, or a certain number of millimeters of induration. Just look at these Google results:
https://www.google.es/search?num=100&q="of induration" "auto...
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You can best judge whether the Romanian word clearly means that the induration was in an early stage, but unless it does, I think it's probably unsafe to assume this. If the area of induration is very small, perhaps it might indicate onset. I really don't know whether this can be reliably determined in an autopsy. But in any case, the pathologist would more probably just state the size of the area.
In principle, an autopsy report states what the pathologist observes. It therefore tends to record visible phenomena, not processes. If evidence of induration can be observed, it can be deduced that before death induration took place, but normally the evidence will be recorded, rather than the deductions to be drawn from it. This, I think, is why, when induration is mentioned, reference is nearly always made to an area of induration, or a certain number of millimeters of induration. Just look at these Google results:
https://www.google.es/search?num=100&q="of induration" "auto...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-02-12 13:45:48 GMT)
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You can best judge whether the Romanian word clearly means that the induration was in an early stage, but unless it does, I think it's probably unsafe to assume this. If the area of induration is very small, perhaps it might indicate onset. I really don't know whether this can be reliably determined in an autopsy. But in any case, the pathologist would more probably just state the size of the area.
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Tony M
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Thanks, Tony!
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Thanks, Tina!
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Michael Barnett
: Area of induration is correct. I would hesitate to qualify it further with such terms as "acute" or "onset".
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Thanks, Michael! I agree; unless there's specific evidence in the ST, best to keep it general.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: not a medical expert either but this seems to make sense
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Thanks, Gallagy :)
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Outbreak is correct!
Induration means a hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration. So, for a rapidly spreading hardening, outbreak is fine. Just like outbreak of disease"."Outbreak here means fast or rapid spread.
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Sven Petersson
: NIL Google hits!
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disagree |
Tony M
: 'outbreak' is not the right term for a pathology within a body; we speak of 'an outbreak of typhoid' within say a certain population, but NOT within an individual.
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acute onset of induration
This is only an educated guess; without access to the source text one can but guess!
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Tony M
: Not being a specialist, but from a purely linguistic point of view, I'd say 'onset' is the correct term here. Also perhaps consider 'incipient'?
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Thank you very much!
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Veronika McLaren
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Thank you very much!
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Discussion
www.va.gov/vetapp12/files2/1215081.txt
... with no *** evidence of induration, *** inflexibility, or underlying soft tissue missing. 4. ... reports of treatment authorized by the VA, and reports of autopsy made by VA ...
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www.d.umn.edu/medweb/Modules/MockTrial/Incident/Autopsy.asp
... Viv Sexton M.D. Pathologist Autopsy Report Final Anatomic Diagnoses: 1. ... and were found to be equal, and ** there was no evidence of induration **or edema.
For the moment, the correct term escapes me, but I'm sure others more expert than I will soon be along to help you.