Q. How do you tell apart aplastic anemia and pancytopenia?
A. This is an interesting question, because we’re comparing a distinct disease (aplastic anemia) with a generalized blood finding (pancytopenia).
Mastocytosis is actually a spectrum of rare disorders, all of which are characterized by – not surprisingly – an increase in mast cells. (more…)
Q. I can’t seem to get the different types of necrosis straight (liquefactive, fibrinoid, etc.). Any help? (more…)
Myelodysplasia (MDS) is often thought of as “pre-leukemia.” Which is kind of misleading, because only some cases of MDS go on to become leukemia; others stay the same and never progress. (more…)
Sometimes in pathology, you hear the name of a disease over and over, but somehow you never really learn about it. (more…)
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