Pathology Student

Test yourself on heart pathology with this multiple choice question

See if you can solve this before scrolling down to see the answer and explanation!

A 20-year-old male died suddenly and unexpectedly while playing basketball. (more…)

How does the ESR work?

Q. Could you please explain the ESR?

A. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), also called a sedimentation rate or sed rate, is a test that is performed by putting blood in a tube (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…)

Are allergies part of the innate immune system?

Q. I have a question about this exam question:

Which of the following is an example of innate immunity? (more…)

Is metaplasia pathologic?

Here’s a good question someone asked about metaplasia.

Q. I have a question about metaplasia. It seems that the other types of altered cell activity are classified as either physiologic or pathologic. (more…)

Giant multinucleated cells

There are a bunch of different kinds of big, multinucleated cells in pathology. Here’s a question that you can use to test your knowledge of these cells. (more…)

A quick review of cell injury

Have you read chapter 2 in Robbins? You’ll probably have to, if you’re taking a pathology course. (more…)

Why don’t you get sensitized with a PPD?

Q. I had a question about PPD (Mantoux test). I read your hypersensitivity posts explaining the different types and examples of hypersensitivity. (more…)

How much do you know about Paget disease?

Here is a question to get you thinking about bone pathology.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE regarding osteitis deformans? (more…)

Q. I’m now studying for USMLE and have something which is really confusing, I’m hoping you might be able to help! I see the term “Owl’s eye” thrown around for both Reed Sternberg cells of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma as well as for CMV. (more…)