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ReviewAcademic pathology

#PathArt: from glass slide to canvas; with a mission of enlightening the burdens of life.

Meredith Herman, Casey Schukow, Alexandra Tatarian, Ziad M El-Zaatari, Gloria Hopkins Sura, Marilyn M Bui

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Review in Academic pathology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Meredith HermanDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Casey SchukowDepartment of Pathology, Corewell Health, Royal Oak, MI, USA.
Alexandra TatarianDepartment of Undergraduate Medical Education, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Ziad M El-ZaatariDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Gloria Hopkins SuraDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Marilyn M BuiDepartment of Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathology requires visual aptitude, pattern, and color recognition as a medical specialty. This can account for the growing PathArt (or #PathArt via social media, or SoMe) movement. For the purpose of this review, the authors define PathArt as any form of art inspired by pathology topics, such as microscopic images (i.e. surgical histology, cytology, hematology, immunohistochemistry), gross pathology, and clinical pathology (including molecular/genetics). Pathologists are well-versed in the use of hashtags and commonly utilize them to tag relevant medical topics to share with colleagues through online platforms, such as Twitter (renamed X in 2023). As the professional laboratory network has expanded virtually, artists within the community have emerged and shared numerous pathology artworks. However, displaying pathology as "beautiful" art pieces gives rise to concerns over portraying cancer light-heartedly given the humanity of disease. For this review, we discuss the history of art and medicine, pathology as a visual and creative specialty, explore the conceptual framework of the hashtag #PathArt is associated with sharing pathology-related art on SoMe, and address the psychological and medico-legal implications that surround PathArt. This article is intended to provide a guide to fostering PathArt and #PathArt in an ethical and positive manner. References were obtained via qualitative review of non-peer-reviewed and peer-reviewed literature pertinent to this topic.

Indexed as

ArtHistoryMedical art#PathArtPathologySocial mediaTwitterX

Identifiers

PMID39981158
PMCPMC11840207

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