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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

reparada en borde superior

English translation:

superior margin repaired

Added to glossary by Linda Grabner
Apr 20, 2015 23:36
9 yrs ago
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Spanish term

reparada en borde superior

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Health Care breast cancer pathology report
Pieza de cuadrantectomia mamaria superior externa derecha que se recibe reparada en borde superior y mide ...

This is the first line of the macroscopic description of the pathology specimen. I'm pretty sure it's from Argentina (most of the potentially identifying information has been redacted, of course), and I'm translating to US English.

Here's what I've come up with:

Specimen of upper outer right breast quadrantectomy received with upper border **repaired/patched/corrected** and measuring ...

But none of those words sounds right to me in this context, and I haven't been able to find anything showing other uses for "reparado."

Any suggestions appreciated!
Proposed translations (English)
4 superior margin repaired
4 upper border restored or reconstructed
3 upper edge/sección was touched up/made healthy

Discussion

Linda Grabner (asker) Apr 21, 2015:
@Joseph, @Muriel Thanks for the correction, Joseph! It didn't look quite right to me, but I hadn't gotten around to delving into that one yet. So you just saved me some time!

And Muriel, this sounds like a plausible explanation for the situation. So do you think something like healed upper border or scarred upper border or even incised upper border would be reasonable translations? If one of those sounds logical in this context, why don't you suggest it as an answer so I can give you credit for it?
Joseph Tein Apr 21, 2015:
macroscopic Just a comment on this term. If you're translating "descripción macroscópica" I would say it as "gross description." See for example:

"Gross Description (Macroscopic): The gross description includes the pathologist’s observations of the tissue sample using the naked eye."

And:

The pathology report may include the following information (1):

Patient information: Name, birth date, biopsy date
Gross description: Color, weight, and size of tissue as seen by the naked eye
Microscopic description: How the sample looks under the microscope and how it compares with normal cells

(the second quote is from the U.S. site www.cancer.gov)
Muriel Vasconcellos Apr 21, 2015:
Possible explanation It sounds as if there was either a previous lesion at the same site (an earlier surgery) or a more recent biopsy, prior to the quadrantectomy. It doesn't necessarily mean that any reconstruction was done. It could just be a simple incision.

Proposed translations

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superior margin repaired

1. For sure, the term is 'margin' - see article on breast tissue margins at:
http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/diagnosis/margins

2. There are lots of articles about repairing tissue following an incision. For example:
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0387217673
Stephen S. Kroll - 2006 - ‎Medical
Nature of the Problem The use of breast conservation therapy as a treatment for ... rate, however, the tumor has to be excised with clear, tumor-free margins. ... that **repairing partial mastectomy defects with local tissue flaps** or rearrangement of ...

www.glandsurgery.org › Home › Vol 2, No 3 (August 2013)
Aug 20, 2013 - Additionally, because there is no scar and fibrosis tissue, breast reshaping is ... (9) observed that **immediate repair is preferable** to delayed because of a ..... because of large tumors or compromised breast margins (13,34).

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0781791782
Susanna M. Nazarian, ‎Robert A. Meguid, ‎Pamela A. Lipsett - 2008 - ‎Medical
... in situ in the surrounding breast tissue, focally extending to one margin. ... therapy followed by **surgical resection with 5-mm margin and primary repair** (B) ...

3. About "superior":

www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/diagnosis/.../2004_11
Breastcancer.org
Nov 17, 2004 - Ann Ainsworth A needle biopsy gives us a small amount of tissue to work ..... **margin (posterior), top margin (superior), bottom margin (inferior),** ...

So in the end, the cognate translation turns out to be the correct one - as is often the case.

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2015-04-22 00:50:59 GMT)
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Hi Linda, That was my interpretation, based on personal experience. Many years ago I had a quadrantectomy following an excisional biopsy the day before. Typically there's a longer time lapse to get back a full lab report. I just now looked up the lab report on the tissue examined, and it says:
"The specimen has on its surface an elliptical piece of skin that measures ... There are five surgical sutures through a new incision, which must correspond to the biopsy site."

The other possibility would be that the cancer recurred at the same site.

For cognates, I was thinking of 'repair' and 'superior'.
Note from asker:
Thanks, Muriel, you're right about the margin, and I should have caught that (although it's not a cognate after all, as the original said "borde"). I'm still wondering about the whole "repaired" thing, though. Are you suggesting, perhaps, that the specimen was taken from an area where there had been previous work done, so the upper margin of this specimen appeared to be repaired? That's the only scenario I can think of where it would make sense to use "repaired" here (in agreement with Heidi's comments on the other two entries). And if it's a plausible scenario, I think I'm going to go with this interpretation.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Muriel, this was very helpful!"
20 mins

upper border restored or reconstructed

Other options

Babylon English

restore
v. return, bring back; return to a previous condition; reconstruct, rebuild


Peer comment(s):
neutral heidi (X) : And what could be the reason for the upper border of a "pathology specimen" to be restored or reconstructed?
18 hrs
neutral Muriel Vasconcellos : Same concern as Heidi. Also, it's called a 'margin' in surgery.
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upper edge/sección was touched up/made healthy

It sounds that the upper edge was brought back to function as normal, as it is expected to be in the body.
Peer comment(s):
neutral heidi (X) : I don't see any need for the upper edge of a "pathology specimen" to be touched up / made healthy. Do you?
15 hrs
It can't be a major issue if a specimen was taken. Until the biopsy is known, there isn't much you can do. Have you read the messages from the discussions? That should give you an idea of the situation.
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