Pathology

Debated whether to share this but maybe some will find it interesting. I collected these pearls during residency.

Psedoepitheliomatous hyperplasia + inflammation = Blasto. Rare on GMS, but easy on H&E. H&E is a special stain.

You might be a pathologist if you think 3+3=6/10. Anyone else tempted to simplify the fraction 6/10 to 3/5? It always bothers me a little

Adenomatoid tumor involving fallopian tube; calretinin positive

Incidental intrathyroidal parathyroid gland removed in surgery for multinodular goiter.

Additional pics of circulating small cell carcinoma.

Jak2 V617F mutation detected, cytogenetics normal in bone marrow xitter.cf/ridenoro/status/736312…

T-ALL/LBL in a lymph node (TdT+) with staging marrow showing early/prefibrotic Primary myelofibrosis.

Small cell carcinoma of the bladder (synapto, chromo, ttf1 positive) with venous invasion and perineural invasion

Multiple myeloma and what the? Yeah thats a plasma cell.

Prostate cancer with crystals and touching a nerve. Not perineural this level.

Black hairy tongue - Google for clinical picture - you will not be disappointed. Brush your tongue.

Not loving autocorrection on my pathology tweets. Polycythemia = policy the Miami, cyclin d1 = cycling d1, lymph aggs = lymph eggs.

83 yr old with history of polycythemia vera. Lymph aggregates CD20+ and cyclin D1+

Esophagus bx with sebaceous glands. Normal finding in 2% of adults

Micromegakaryocytes in CML

Skin tumor - Muir Torre Syndrome - MSI-high with MLH1+; MSH2-

Brilacidin (first of new class of antibiotics: defensin-mimetics) is entering phase 3. Mechanism based on defensins xitter.cf/Cellceutix_News/status…

Normal ovary of early second trimester fetus has appearance of dysgerminona to me.