The most recent pointer I had was that this was from Ben Felson,
and the example used was going to the airport to pick up Aunt Minnie.
Does anyone have the definitive reference for this??
dsc
KF
I don't know for sure, but I would guess that it was Ben Felson.
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Dr. Kuzo, I like the CXR... can you show me how to do a low prob VQ
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Alan
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Andy T.
>Does anyone know who is responsible for coining the term "Aunt
>Minnie" used to describe pathognomonic findings in radiology.
>KF
Ben Felson.
An 'Aunt Minnie' is an abnormality on an image that you can diagnose
based on its typical appearance, without having to reason it out or even
give a differential diagnosis for. This is analagous to recognizing your
Aunt Minnie by looking at her face. You don't have to analyze hair color,
the size of the nose, etc. and then conclude that based on the available
information that this is probably Aunt Minnie, but other Aunts, or
possibly second cousins could not be excluded.
Samual Shem was the author and I think it might have been "Eat My
Dust Eddie" who coined the "Q Sign" which is a step down the scale
from the "O Sign" and a step up the scale from the "Dotted Q Sign".