How do you identify mitoses?

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.

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The monster tumor

Q. What’s a dermoid cyst?

A. “Dermoid cyst” is a term that’s sometimes used to describe a benign form of a tumor called a teratoma (a pretty descriptive term, as we’ll see, as it comes from the Greek word for monster). (more…)

Is comedocarcinoma malignant?

Q. How is comedocarcinoma malignant but also still in situ, that is, confined to the ducts and noninvasive? Is not invasiveness one of the criteria for malignancy? (more…)