Maybe I missed that pathology lecture, or maybe I was sleeping when the terms were discussed.
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you have a safe and fun New Year’s Eve…and a peaceful and happy 2013.
Here’s a little quiz on female reproductive (and breast) pathology. Answers and explanations are posted at the bottom.
Tomorrow is the first day of school for a lot of medical, dental, nursing, physician assistant, medical technology, veterinary, and other allied health students. I hope I didn’t miss anyone.
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. 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?”
Q. Can you please explain the difference between “hot” and “cold” thyroid nodules? A. “Hot” and “cold” nodules are terms used to describe findings on a a radioactive iodine uptake scan.
Q. How is it that a cytopathologist can diagnose invasive squamous cell carcinoma on a Pap smear?
Q. I have a question regarding ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS).
I’m happy to announce a new book in our Study Guide family: Anatomic Pathology Student Compendium.
