Q. I need help with this question from Robbins: 15 year old boy with fever of 10 days.
Why was plasmodium falciparum named that way?
So we had this lecture on malaria on Thursday, and I decided that we needed a little object lesson to go along with it.
Does reticulocytosis cause a macrocytic anemia?
Q. I wanted to check a fact with you because my friend and I were confused by something in First Aid, and it wasn’t listed in one of the errata for the new edition.
How do antinuclear antibodies cause problems in lupus?
Okay, so we know that antinuclear antibodies are seen in many different autoimmune diseases (including lupus).
New Pathology Student t-shirt available for pre-order
I’m really excited about our new t-shirt! It was a long time in the making – with lots of help, advice, and voting from medical students, dental students and our Facebook community.
Fluorescent antinuclear antibody (FANA) testing
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem, autoimmune disease.
Parvovirus infection in pregnancy
Q. While doing some reproductive medicine practice questions in a boards question bank I came across one I couldn’t reason through and was hoping you could help:
Four years!
I just realized that it’s been four years (and one day) since I started this blog!
I have myeloma – please help me understand some terms.
Q. I have myeloma and have relapsed after a stem cell transplant.
Can you solve this case?
Here’s a case that many a first-year pathology resident has missed. Once.
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