Savitha Somaiah A, Sacchidanand Sarvajnamurthy A, Gowda Shilpa K
Department of Dermatology, STD, Leprosy, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
Indian J Dermatol. 2013 Nov;58(6):467-74. doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.119962.
The name of a condition in dermatology, gives a clue regarding the clinical feature, etiology, or histopathology of the disease. A disease might have been termed wrongly due to its resemblance to another known condition. Misnomers often mislead a physician regarding the etiology or histopathology of the condition. Here is a list of misnomers, with explanation, and the appropriate name in parentheses.
皮肤病学中一种病症的名称,能提供有关该疾病临床特征、病因或组织病理学的线索。一种疾病可能因其与另一种已知病症相似而被错误命名。误称常常会在病症的病因或组织病理学方面误导医生。以下是一份误称列表,并附有解释以及括号内的恰当名称。