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Errors in biopsy diagnosis may arise because the morphological features of one disease either overlap or mimic those of another. The practical importance of this point is emphasised in this chapter. A distinction will first be drawn between the concept of borderline lesions, where two or more named conditions (diagnoses) occur within the same continuous disease category, and genuine mimicry, where two or more entirely separate diseases share morphological similarities.
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Underwood, J.C.E. (1987). Borderline Lesions, Pseudomalignancy and Mimicry. In: Introduction to Biopsy Interpretation and Surgical Pathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1473-4_7
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