Gross Specimen Discussion.

Identify the given specimen, substantiate your diagnosis with 2 identification points.

MCQs Anemia 2.

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Interesting Case 2.

Cervical Pap Smear of a 24 year old woman presenting with complaints of intense pruritus and white discharge per vaginum.

Diagnosis?

Interesting Case 1- Isolated Renal Hydatid cyst.

Gross shows cut-opened specimen of the right kidney showing a unilocular hydatid cyst with multiple daughter cysts.

Microscopy shows laminated membranes of hydatid cyst with adjacent renal tissue showing compression and features of chronic pyelonephritis. (H and E, 100×). (Inset) Brood capsules showing scolices and lanceolate hooklets (H and E, 450×).

Impression: Isolated renal hydatid cyst.

Note: For further reading refer Kamath AS, Rao SP et al Isolated Renal Hydatid Cyst, Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences 2014;3(1): 70-71

Answers to MCQs Anemia 1.

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MCQs Anemia 1.

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Interesting Case 1.

A 65-year-old female presented with the complaint of pain and fullness in the right flank region, which she had been having for the past 1 year. 

There was no history of associated urinary complaints. 

On physical examination, a lump was palpated in the right lumbar region, which was tender with a smooth surface and ill-defined margins. 

The kidney function tests were normal. All hematological and biochemical investigations were within normal limits. Urinemicroscopy showed no abnormalities.

Gross

 Microscopy

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PS- Acknowledgements & Heartfelt Thanks to Srinivas P. Rao,

Ramaswamy A. S. &  Vaibhav J. Nayak.

An Introduction to Pathology..

As rightly put forth by Boyd in his 8th edition of Pathology for the Physician - that “the purpose of pathology is not merely to learn a set of facts about things, but to study the causes of things, and why things happen. Truth lies not in facts, but in the relation between facts.

My first post is a self-assessment. A question to ask ourselves; " How much do i know about Pathology?"

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