Table 4.

Resolution of disagreements according to final diagnoses and interpretive category

	How disagreements were resolved
	Re-review with discussion	Consider treatment recommendations	Use of existing literature	Reviewing additional slides for case	Choosing a provisional/borderline diagnosis to capture diverse opinions
Nevus/mild atypia cases (n = 11 cases; 13 types of disagreement) Reasons for disagreement
Different terms/nomenclature	1	0	0	0	0
Threshold differences	8	0	0	0	1
Missed finding	0	0	0	0	0
Contents on slides differ	2	0	0	2	0
Philosophical/conceptual differences	2	0	1	0	1
Totals	13	0	1	2	2
Resolution disagreements for moderate atypia cases (n = 30 cases; 33 types of disagreement) Reasons for disagreement
Different terms/nomenclature	0	0	0	0	0
Threshold differences	27	5	3	2	9
Missed finding	1	0	0	0	0
Contents on slides differ	2	0	0	1	1
Philosophical/conceptual differences	3	0	0	1	1
Totals	33	5	3	4	11
Severe atypia/melanoma in situ cases (n= 33 cases; 39 types of disagreement) Reasons for disagreement
Different terms/nomenclature	1	0	0	0	0
Threshold differences	24	0	4	1	15
Missed finding	2	0	0	0	0
Contents on slides differ	4	0	0	2	3
Philosophical/conceptual differences	8	0	1	1	5
Totals	39	0	5	4	23
T1a melanoma cases (n = 35 cases; 40 types of disagreement) Reasons for disagreement
Different terms/nomenclature	0	0	0	0	0
Threshold differences	18	0	1	3	4
Missed finding	10	0	0	1	1
Contents on slides differ	8	0	1	8	0
Philosophical/conceptual differences	4	0	1	1	1
Totals	40	0	3	13	6
T1b melanoma cases (n = 15 cases; 17 types of disagreement) Reasons for disagreement
Different terms/nomenclature	1	0	0	1	0
Threshold differences	3	0	1	1	0
Missed finding	6	0	1	3	0
Contents on slides differ	7	0	1	7	0
Philosophical/conceptual differences	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	17	0	3	12	0