Why don’t you get sensitized with a PPD?
Q. I had a question about PPD (Mantoux test). I read your hypersensitivity path bites and posts explaining the different types and examples of hypersensitivity. (more…)
Q. I had a question about PPD (Mantoux test). I read your hypersensitivity path bites and posts explaining the different types and examples of hypersensitivity. (more…)
Q. How do you identify mitoses in histology slides?
A. Great question. This is something pathologists have to do a lot and nobody really talks about what specifically makes a mitotic figure.
Q. I can’t seem to get the different types of necrosis straight (liquefactive, fibrinoid, etc.). Any help? (more…)
Sometimes in pathology, you hear the name of a disease over and over, but somehow you never really learn about it. (more…)
Q. A question: why do you call a tumor “well-differentiated” when actually it is the LEAST different from the tissue of origin? Shouldn’t it be “low differentiated?” (more…)
Rosettes are little round groupings of cells found in tumors. They usually consist of cells in a spoke-wheel or halo arrangement surrounding a central, acellular region. (more…)
I’m happy to announce the newest member of our growing family of study guides: the General Pathology Compendium. (more…)
I’m excited about our new study guide, which will be available on Monday. It’s a collection of all of our best stuff on non-organ-based pathology. (more…)
One thing that’s hard to get the hang of in pathology is the difference in appearance between chronic and acute inflammation in tissue sections. (more…)
I received an email yesterday that had questions about a post from a couple years ago – and rather than bury the answers way back in 2009, I thought I’d make a new post. (more…)
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