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.
How do antinuclear antibodies cause problems in lupus?
Okay, so we know that antinuclear antibodies are seen in many different autoimmune diseases (including lupus).
Fluorescent antinuclear antibody (FANA) testing
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem, autoimmune disease.
Can you solve this case?
Here’s a case that many a first-year pathology resident has missed. Once.
Can you solve this case?
Today we’ll do another little unknown case. You can find our other cases here:
Can you solve this case?
People seem to like unknown cases! So I’ll continue adding to our little collection.
Can you solve this case?
Here is another case in our growing collection of unknown cases (you can find other cases here, here, here, here and here).
A simple summary of glomerulonephritis
I’ve had a lot of emails about glomerulonephritis lately. Most people seem to want help simplifying the mechanisms and types of glomerular diseases
How do you tell apart myeloblasts from lymphoblasts?
Q. Can you tell me the morphological features of AML M0 and M1 blasts versus ALL blasts to differentiate the two?
Marfan syndrome, my uncle, and Abraham Lincoln
I have an uncle with Marfan syndrome, and he was kind enough to let me take a couple photos to show some little hand tests you can do to check for Marfan syndrome.
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