Figure 1. Development of the discrepancies between clinical and pathological diagnoses at the Charité hospital during the last 20 years.

300 cases were included into the analysis for each of the years 1988 (GDR), 1988 (FRG), 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008. Cases were assigned to discrepancy classes I to VI according to the modified Goldman criteria. a) Country and time dependent distribution of the discrepancy classes I–VI. b) Significant decrease of major discrepancies and significant increase of minor discrepancies between 1988 and 2008. 1988 =  pooled GDR and FRG cases.