Does “differentiated” mean it looks different?
Q. A question: why do you call a tumor “well-differentiated” when actually it is the LEAST different from the tissue of origin? Shouldn’t it be “low differentiated?” (more…)
Q. A question: why do you call a tumor “well-differentiated” when actually it is the LEAST different from the tissue of origin? Shouldn’t it be “low differentiated?” (more…)
Q. Can you please explain the difference between “hot” and “cold” thyroid nodules?
A. “Hot” and “cold” nodules are terms used to describe findings on a a radioactive iodine uptake scan. (more…)
Q. How is it that a cytopathologist can diagnose invasive squamous cell carcinoma on a Pap smear? (more…)
Q. I have a question regarding ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). (more…)
I’m happy to announce a new book in our Study Guide family: Anatomic Pathology Student Compendium. (more…)
Testicular cancer is the number one cancer in men between the ages of 15 and 35. (more…)
There are some Pathology Student posts that readers seem to turn to over and over.
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…)
Q. Do you always see dysplasia in Barrett esophagus?
A. Good question! No, you don’t always see dysplasia. You worry about it, but most of the time you don’t see it. (more…)
Metastatic lesions are pretty common in the brain. If you look at all brain tumors in hospitalized patients, about 25% – 50% are metastatic tumors. (more…)
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