Clinicopathological consistency in diagnosis of skin disorders: a retrospective study of 371 histopathology reports

Objective: to determine the relative indications and clinicopathological consistency of skin biopsy

Mehods: 371 of 28466 cases undergoing skin biopsy were reviewed and their histopathological reprts evaluated for consistency with clinical diagnosis

Results: 371 [1.3%] cases needed skin biopsy for diagnosis. Of these, 67.4% cases were consistent, 19.1% were corroborative and 13.5% were inconsistent with clinical diagnosis

Conclusion: Providing proper history and clinical findings, provisional and differential diagnosis to pathologist increases the diagnostic yield of skin biopsy