Inconsistencies in the international edition of SNOMED CT as the FSN of 93660000 |Primary malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve (disorder)| indicates body structure of acoustic nerve, while the modelling (parent and finding site attribute) suggests vestibulocochlear nerve.
In the body structure hierarchy, acoustic nerve and vestibulocochlear nerve are synonyms (together with eight cranial nerve, among others).This is an indication of linguistic inconsistency.
What should the translator do?
The translator should reach out to the translation project owner
Which translation strategies could be adopted?
Strategy | Detail |
Editorial Decision | In cases of such inconsistencies, there should be an overall decision of which description to use for this anatomical structure. This decision can be made in the translation of the body structure hierarchy or in an editorial decision list from the translation project owner. |
Content Request Service (CRS) Submission | The NRC should submit the issue in the Content Request Service (CRS) to SNOMED International. |
Proposal/Outcome
In Norway, the translation of the body structure hierarchy was done first to determine which anatomical terms to be used in the disorder hierarchy: nervus vestibulocochlearis as preferred term (in addition to other synonyms). Thus the translation of the body site of 93660000 |Primary malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve (disorder)| into Norwegian was nervus vestibulocochlearis, not a term based on acoustic nerve.