Differentiation vs. dysplasia
Here are two words that can cause some serious headaches for pathology students: differentiation and dysplasia. (more…)
Germline vs. somatic mutations
Q. I don’t understand gene mutations. Are mutations like the Philadelphia chromosome present from birth? If so how do people ever survive? (more…)
Multipotent vs. pluripotent stem cells
A short list of CD markers
Sometimes, you just can’t tell what kind of tumor you’re looking at under the microscope. (more…)
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. (more…)
How do antinuclear antibodies cause problems in lupus?
Okay, so we know that antinuclear antibodies are seen in many different autoimmune diseases (including lupus). (more…)
Fluorescent antinuclear antibody (FANA) testing
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem, autoimmune disease. (more…)
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: (more…)
Questions from a patient with myeloma
Q. I have myeloma and have relapsed after a stem cell transplant.
Dystrophic vs. metastatic calcification
Maybe I missed that pathology lecture, or maybe I was sleeping when the terms were discussed. (more…)
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