Pathology Student

WBC counts and units

Here’s an excellent question that comes up from time to time in class. (more…)

Hematopathology Quiz Part 1

One of our readers sent in a nice quiz that he recently gave to his residents (from medicine, pediatrics and pathology) rotating through hematopathology. (more…)

A 62 year-old male with hepatosplenomegaly, skin lesions, and cardiomyopathy

A 62 year-old male presents with hepatosplenomegaly, skin lesions, and cardiomyopathy. A representative field of his blood smear is shown here. (more…)

Multipotent vs. pluripotent stem cells

Q. I’m in doubt regarding myelodysplasia – is it multipotent or pluripotent?

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The story of the traveling t-shirt

People have been sending in photos of themselves in their Pathology Student t-shirts – and it’s so cool to see the shirt (and the people!) in such different places, doing different things. (more…)

A short list of CD markers

Sometimes, you just can’t tell what kind of tumor you’re looking at under the microscope. (more…)

A 57 year-old male with fatigue and LUQ heaviness

A 57 year-old male presents with fatigue and left upper quadrant heaviness. His white blood cell count is 110 x 10⁹/L, and his hemoglobin is 8 g/dL. A bone marrow biopsy is performed, and in addition to a marked increase in neutrophils and precursors, a rare cell such as the one depicted here is present.

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