o/a

English translation: upper/outer quadrant (UOQ)

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:oberer/äußerer Quadrant (o/a)
English translation:upper/outer quadrant (UOQ)
Entered by: Steffen Walter

15:55 Jun 24, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
German term or phrase: o/a
From the diagnosis section of a discharge summary:

"Mammakarzinom rechts o/a"
Alan Frankel
United States
Local time: 18:48
upper/outer quadrant
Explanation:
Normalerweise wird bei Brustkrebs bezeichnet, wo der Tumor ist, ob innen/aussen, oben/unten. Ich nehme an, in diesem Fall ist der Tumor im oberen/äusseren Quadranten.

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-06-24 16:05:02 GMT)
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Brustkrebs-Lexikon

Quadrant: Quadrant: längs und quer durch die Brustmitte in vier Quadranten. Bezeichnung nach oben und unten sowie nach innen und außen. Zur genauen Lokalisation sind demnach Doppelbezeichnungen notwendig, z. B. oben/außen.
http://www.brustkrebs-info.de/brustkrebs-lexikon/print_lexik...

Der anatomische Quadrant der Brust

Zusätzlich zur TNM-Klassifizierung wird meist der anatomische Quadrant der Brust angegeben, um den genauen Ort einer Veränderung der Brustdrüse festzulegen. Hierzu unterteilt man die Brust schematisch in vier Quadranten (man denke sich ein Kreuz, mit einer senkrechten und einer waagrechten Linie durch die Brustwarze). Die dadurch entstehenden vier Quadranten werden nach ihrer Lage bezeichnet, wie z. B. oben/außen oder unten/innen. Eine noch exaktere Bezeichnung kann durch eine Einteilung nach den zwölf Zeigerrichtungen der Uhr erfolgen. Bei zwölf Uhr heißt also genau auf der Zeigerrichtung nach oben, bei sechs Uhr nach unten.
http://www.frauenaerzte-im-netz.de/de_brustkrebs-stadieneint...

The breast images were also divided equally into a lateral and medial part based on the CC image (CC-L and CC-M, respectively); similarly, the MLO view was divided into a superior and inferior part (MLO-S and MLO-I, respectively). The radiologists independently visually assessed the percentage of mammographically dense tissue for each of the four 'mammographic areas' (CC-L, CC-M, MLO-S and MLO-I). The MPD for the whole breast was taken as the average of these four values. The percentage density of the part of the breast ('mammographic quadrant') containing the DCIS lesion was estimated as the average of the two density assessments of the mammographic areas containing the lesion. For instance, if the DCIS lesion occurred in the ***upper outer*** clinical quadrant of the breast, then it would be observed in the superior MLO view and the lateral part of the CC view, and the percentage density of the DCIS-containing mammographic quadrant would then be the average density of the CC-L and MLO-S mammographic areas. The percentage density of the part of the breast not containing the DCIS lesion was taken as the average of the remaining two density assessments. It is possible that more optimal measures of the density of that part of the breast containing, and not containing, the DCIS could be made, but this simple averaging measure is sufficient for our purposes here and it is not clear how one would determine a better measure.
http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/7/5/R605
Selected response from:

Patricia Daehler
United States
Local time: 18:48
Grading comment
It's unanimous!

I would also accept UOQ (see discussion entry), but no one proposed that as a separate answer, and I prefer the more explicit term.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +9upper/outer quadrant
Patricia Daehler


Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
upper/outer quadrant


Explanation:
Normalerweise wird bei Brustkrebs bezeichnet, wo der Tumor ist, ob innen/aussen, oben/unten. Ich nehme an, in diesem Fall ist der Tumor im oberen/äusseren Quadranten.

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-06-24 16:05:02 GMT)
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Brustkrebs-Lexikon

Quadrant: Quadrant: längs und quer durch die Brustmitte in vier Quadranten. Bezeichnung nach oben und unten sowie nach innen und außen. Zur genauen Lokalisation sind demnach Doppelbezeichnungen notwendig, z. B. oben/außen.
http://www.brustkrebs-info.de/brustkrebs-lexikon/print_lexik...

Der anatomische Quadrant der Brust

Zusätzlich zur TNM-Klassifizierung wird meist der anatomische Quadrant der Brust angegeben, um den genauen Ort einer Veränderung der Brustdrüse festzulegen. Hierzu unterteilt man die Brust schematisch in vier Quadranten (man denke sich ein Kreuz, mit einer senkrechten und einer waagrechten Linie durch die Brustwarze). Die dadurch entstehenden vier Quadranten werden nach ihrer Lage bezeichnet, wie z. B. oben/außen oder unten/innen. Eine noch exaktere Bezeichnung kann durch eine Einteilung nach den zwölf Zeigerrichtungen der Uhr erfolgen. Bei zwölf Uhr heißt also genau auf der Zeigerrichtung nach oben, bei sechs Uhr nach unten.
http://www.frauenaerzte-im-netz.de/de_brustkrebs-stadieneint...

The breast images were also divided equally into a lateral and medial part based on the CC image (CC-L and CC-M, respectively); similarly, the MLO view was divided into a superior and inferior part (MLO-S and MLO-I, respectively). The radiologists independently visually assessed the percentage of mammographically dense tissue for each of the four 'mammographic areas' (CC-L, CC-M, MLO-S and MLO-I). The MPD for the whole breast was taken as the average of these four values. The percentage density of the part of the breast ('mammographic quadrant') containing the DCIS lesion was estimated as the average of the two density assessments of the mammographic areas containing the lesion. For instance, if the DCIS lesion occurred in the ***upper outer*** clinical quadrant of the breast, then it would be observed in the superior MLO view and the lateral part of the CC view, and the percentage density of the DCIS-containing mammographic quadrant would then be the average density of the CC-L and MLO-S mammographic areas. The percentage density of the part of the breast not containing the DCIS lesion was taken as the average of the remaining two density assessments. It is possible that more optimal measures of the density of that part of the breast containing, and not containing, the DCIS could be made, but this simple averaging measure is sufficient for our purposes here and it is not clear how one would determine a better measure.
http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/7/5/R605

Patricia Daehler
United States
Local time: 18:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 491
Grading comment
It's unanimous!

I would also accept UOQ (see discussion entry), but no one proposed that as a separate answer, and I prefer the more explicit term.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elvira Schmid
6 mins
  -> Danke Elvira

agree  Siegfried Armbruster
17 mins
  -> Danke Siegfried

agree  Lirka: very likely
17 mins
  -> Danke lirka

agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
22 mins
  -> Danke sibsab

agree  Marga Shaw
53 mins
  -> Danke MargaShaw

agree  SJLD
57 mins
  -> Danke SJLD

agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 hr
  -> Danke Harald

agree  robin25
12 hrs
  -> Danke robin25

agree  milinad
12 hrs
  -> Danke milinad
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