[Discussion of Routine Laboratory Data of a Patient Complaining of Back Pain and General Fatigue].

ABSTRACT

Conventional reversed clinicopathological conference (RCPC) is an educational method to interpret labora- tory data. In this RCPC, physicians and several specialists in laboratory medicine discussed laboratory data of a patient with tuberculous spondylitis who complained of back pain and general fatigue. Then, they and the moderators held a question-and-answer session with an audience in a hall, and they tried to understand the detailed state of the patient. This discussion revealed the usefulness of RCPC to elucidate the clinical state of patient. At the same time, we can understand the limits of laboratory data analysis. [Review].