Closed mirandajarnot closed 9 years ago
The HPO has treated symptoms as a subclass of phenotypic abnormality. This is because there is a clinical abnormality of one sort or another that leads to say pain but if we looked at it under the microscope we would see some sign of inflammation or tissue damage etc. Signs are by definition phenotypic abnormalities because they are things that a doctor observes as abnormal. Do you not agree that a sign/symptom is an abnormality?
I see your point about symptoms as a subclass of abnormality. Based on your response we have decided that we will leave the HPO atom where it merged into the same concept as strings from other sources including Pain in scrotum [SNOMEDCT /PT/20502007]
And Unsteady Gait will stay in the same concept as: Gait, Unsteady [MSH2015_2015_01_26/PEN/D020233] Unsteady gait [SNOMEDCT_US_2015_03_01/PT/394616008] Along with several other sources.
Thanks, Miranda
The HPO contexts for both of these is Phenotypic Abnormality. The STYs are Sign or Symptom for "pain in scrotum" and Finding for "gait, unsteady". There are other examples like this; do they truly mean Abnormality, or is Sign or Symptom/Finding OK?
CN# 26006 Pain in scrotum CUI C0236078 Concept Status needs Review STY Sign or Symptom R DEF [Release] HPO2015_04_20
CONTEXTS HPO2015_04_20/HPO2015_04_20/PT1/HP:0030155 HPO All Phenotypic abnormality Abnormality of the genitourinary system Abnormality of the genital system Abnormal genital system morphology Abnormal external genitalia Abnormality of male external genitalia Abnormality of the scrotum Abnormal scrotal rugation + Absent scrotum Accessory scrotum Bifid scrotum Ectopic scrotum Neoplasm of the scrotum Penoscrotal transposition Prominent scrotal raphe Scrotal hyperpgimentation Scrotal hypoplasia