[Analysis of clinico-pathological diagnostic discrepancies based on the autopsy data from the S.P. Botkin Hospital].

The author outlines the experience gained in the analysis of the discrepancies occurring between clinical and autopsy diagnoses by the records of a pathologic department of a general hospital. The discrepancies are considered for surgical and therapeutic units. The reasons underlying the discrepancies were investigated by conventional criteria and those elaborated by the experts committee specially entrusted with relevant problems.