Pulmonary Pathology | Pathology Student

CREST syndrome

CREST syndrome is one expression of a larger disease known as systemic sclerosis (or, if you’re stuck in your ways like me, “scleroderema”). (more…)

A 60 year-old male with multiple lung nodules

A 60 year-old male with multiple peripheral lung nodules undergoes lung biopsy. A representative section is shown here. (more…)

What causes fever of unknown origin?

That might sound like “Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?” or “When was the war of 1812?” but it’s actually a really good question. (more…)

A 45 year-old male with emphysema and hepatitis

A 45 year-old male presents with pulmonary emphysema and repeated bouts of hepatitis. On liver biopsy, there are numerous eosinophilic, globular inclusions, such as the one at the center of the field.
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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. (more…)

BOOP

Q. I wonder if you could help me a bit with an unusual case of pneumonia. Our patient is a 56-year-old male with who woke up one morning with dyspnea, fever and chest pain. (more…)

New Anatomic Pathology Book

I’m happy to announce a new book in our Study Guide family: Anatomic Pathology Student Compendium.Â (more…)

Small-cell vs. squamous-cell lung cancer

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…)