The Canvas of Hope is a collection of works of art created from microscopic images of breast cancer at Touro University. The project came about when a group of students, studying second year pathology were examining cancer on a cellular level under microscopes.
“What we saw was something akin to abstract art. From there we decided to [...]
The patient is a 75-year-old male who reported to his ophthalmologist complaining of failing vision as well as intermittent “flashes of light” in his left eye over the previous four months. Examination of the left eye revealed markedly elevated intraocular pressure. Fundiscopic examination revealed a large grayish brown subretinal mass with surrounding retinal folds in [...]
A couple of weeks ago I posted a case of a 21-year-old young woman who presented with acute liver failure and hemolytic anemia. As suggested by one of the emails we received, this young lady had Wilson’s disease and the combination of liver failure and hemolytic anemia is a giveaway presentation of this rare disease.
In [...]
Asteroid bodies may be seen in a wide variety of conditions with granulomatous inflammation. These are some of the most photogenic I have come across:
Clinical Significance of Sentinel Lymph node in melanoma:
SLNB is very accurate in predicting the status of the remaining regional
lymph nodes.It is currently the most significant independent prognostic indicator for survival when compared with all other factors, including tumour thickness and the presence of ulceration. According to recent studies,the relapse rate for H&E detected SLN positive [...]
The New York Times featured a short piece about autopsies yesterday. The article takes a somewhat skeptical tone in places:
We looked at each other, my surviving sister and I, and said no. It wouldn’t bring her back. We had had enough. We wanted to get on with funeral plans. Another reason, I realized [...]
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