[To categories of discrepancy between clinical and postmortem diagnoses]

The paper continues the discussion started by I. A. Kazantseva and deals with that whether it is expedient to identify 3 categories of discrepancy between clinical and postmortem diagnoses (Ark. Pat., 2007, No. 6, p. 56-57). The author considers it untimely to deny the mentioned categories that are generally accepted and popular. His viewpoint is supported by the leading pathologists of Saint Petersburg. The paper also contains concise data on the frequency of hospital autopsies in Europe and the U.S.A. and knowledge on L. Goldman's classification considering the discrepancies in ante- and postmortem diagnosis.