We talk a lot about strokes in a clinical way in medical school. We discuss which areas of the brain are involved, and we correlate the areas damaged with the patient’s symptoms.
I’m happy to announce a new book in our Study Guide family: Anatomic Pathology Student Compendium.
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Hooray! Our second study guide, Clot or Bleed: A Painless Guide for People Who Hate Coag, is now available on Amazon’s Kindle store and on iBooks.
Q. I’m studying for boards and came across a point of confusion.
There are some Pathology Student posts that readers seem to turn to over and over.
Q. In which type of AML do you see the most Auer rods? A. Auer rods are elongated structures seen in malignant cells of the neutrophil lineage.
Q. I’m not sure if I can identify leukocytes correctly. Could you give me some tips? Thanks very much.
Here are a few syndromes that are easy to mix up: Crigler-Najjar, Gilbert, Dubin-Johnson, and Rotor syndromes.
Q. What’s the whole deal with Gla residues, vitamin K and the Coumadin drugs?
Good textbooks for pathology students
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