Born J D
Neurosurgery-Hôpital de la Citadelle, Liege, Belgium.
Acta Neurol Belg. 2003 Sep;103(3):140-3.
In 1835, Hans Christian Andersen published "The Emperor's New Clothes", one of the 164 fairy tales that earned him worldwide fame. A little more than 25 years ago, drawing inspiration from that tale, F. Gross reported the existence of an ailment capable of affecting multiple systems, "the Emperor's clothes syndrome". This syndrome primarily affects students and physicians for whom career success is of paramount importance. Based on actual experience, we are describing a new epidemic of this ailment, for which the radiological image is the principal vector. We wish to draw attention to the danger of basing a diagnosis solely on diagnostic testing. In an age dominated by technology, we would like to emphasize that anamnesis and clinical examination are still the cornerstones of diagnosis. Any clinical or radiological information, any laboratory phenomenon is subject to variable interpretation by different observers. We also suggest that there are statistical methods for evaluating the reliability of a clinical test.
1835年，汉斯·克里斯汀·安徒生出版了《皇帝的新衣》，这是让他享誉全球的164篇童话故事之一。就在25年多一点以前，F. 格罗斯从这个故事中获得灵感，报告了一种能够影响多个系统的疾病——“皇帝的新衣综合征”。这种综合征主要影响那些认为职业成功至关重要的学生和医生。基于实际经验，我们正在描述这种疾病的一种新的流行情况，其影像学表现是主要的传播媒介。我们希望提请注意仅依据诊断检测进行诊断的危险性。在一个由技术主导的时代，我们想强调问诊和临床检查仍然是诊断的基石。任何临床或影像学信息、任何实验室现象都可能被不同的观察者做出不同的解读。我们还提出有评估临床检测可靠性的统计方法。
