Case Database Case Generation Form

Welcome to the UPMC Department of Pathology Case formatting form for our case database. We hope that this demonstration read-only version of our actual case generator/HTML-formatting tool will help to familiarize our users with the types of information which we enter when submitting cases for online access. Our goal in presenting this form is to allow you to construct more powerful and effective search strategies while querying our database. Please note that much of the information which can be entered in this form can also be entered in exactly the same manner as a search parameter in our search engine.

Form and Perl formatting script developed by Charlie Hatton

For those formatting UPMC cases:

The following MUST be true before you enter data into this form:

1.) You have placed the report to be formatted in your home directory.
2.) You have transferred all pertinent images into your images/ directory.
3.) You have renamed the pictures gross1.bmp, gross2.bmp, micro1.bmp, etc. ; please do not convert your images to other formats, as this is now done automatically.
4.) You have familiarized yourself with the case and can enter value for all fields below.

Path.upmc.edu username: Password:

Please enter the case contributor's name as you would like it to appear on the report:

Please give the name of the surgpath file:

Please enter the number of microscopic images:

Please enter the number of gross images:

Case titles **IMPORTANT** (Please surround the words to become a link with *'s)(e.g., Twenty year old male with a *brain mass*) **IMPORTANT**:

Title w/diagnosis included:

Title w/o diagnosis:

Additional diagnosis keywords, if applicable:

Organ system(s):

Procedure keywords:

Descriptive keywords, if any:

Patient gender: Male Female

Patient Age: Case Difficulty:

Casetype:

If there are other casetypes which are applicable to this case, please enter their codes in the fields below:
Other casetype:

Other casetype:

Format case now: Clear entries w/o sending: