Analogies in Medicine: Starry-Sky Appearance

Andrade-Filho, José de Souza

doi:10.1590/s0036-46652014000600015

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“…Hence, a ''starry sky'' appearance results. 4 Immunohistochemistry and molecular studies are critical in accurately diagnosing BL. Since the cells are of B-cell lineage, BL is immunohistochemically CD20 positive and CD79a positive.…”

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Burkitt Lymphoma Masquerading as Osteomyelitis: An Interesting Road to Diagnosis

Stanbouly

Clark

Philipone

2021

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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“…The high turnover rate results in excess debris, which get consumed by the macrophages, becoming “tingible body macrophages.” Upon fixation, the cytoplasm of the macrophages falls away, leaving round white spaces filled with debris (the “stars”). Hence, a “starry sky” appearance results 4 …”

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Burkitt Lymphoma Masquerading as Osteomyelitis: An Interesting Road to Diagnosis

Stanbouly

Clark

Philipone

2021

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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“…No physician can relish anchovy sauce without being reminded of the pus in amebic liver abscess. The dark sky with bright twinkling stars reminds a radiologist of hepatic parenchyma and a pathologist of Burkitt lymphoma [1]. Poetic comparison evokes the reader's imagination and ingrains itself in the long-term memory.…”

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Tennis Courts in the Human Body: A Review of the Misleading Metaphor in Medical Literature

Rao¹,

Johncy²

2022

Cureus

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Medical literature is home to fancy descriptions, poetic metaphors, and ingenious comparisons. However, some comparisons can disguise the knowledge gap. Large surfaces in the human body, like the alveolar surface for gas exchange, villi for food absorption, and the endothelial lining of blood vessels, are frequently compared to a "tennis court."This narrative review explores this metaphor in detail, the discrepancies and factual inaccuracies across medical literature. It highlights the inappropriate use of Euclidean geometry and introduces fractal geometry, a language to define roughness.

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“…Also not mentioned is seeing mulberries [36], pears [37,38], shredded wheat [39] and jelly beans. [3] This pictorial essay was restricted to food; however, pathologists also see improbable things such as the starry night sky [40], comic strip character features [41] and lots more under the microscope.…”

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Visual medical analogies have been utilized by multiple medical disciplines for decades. Despite misgivings that some might have about such analogies, they act as excellent learning aids and will undoubtedly remain useful for decades to come.The microscope from about the seventeenth century onwards revolutionized medicine and cellular biology. In this article, we specifically consider in a pictorial essay culinary medical analogies as they pertain to the microscopic world, a gap in the literature on visual medical analogies.

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Analogies in Medicine: Starry-Sky Appearance

Cited by 4 publications

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Burkitt Lymphoma Masquerading as Osteomyelitis: An Interesting Road to Diagnosis

Burkitt Lymphoma Masquerading as Osteomyelitis: An Interesting Road to Diagnosis

Tennis Courts in the Human Body: A Review of the Misleading Metaphor in Medical Literature

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