Last week Dark Daily ran a story about DermatopathologyConsultations.com. Robert Michel wrote: DermatopathologyConsultations.com demonstrates how innovative pathologists are stepping up to apply new information technologies to make it easier for local pathologists to refer cases to expert subspecialist pathologists. The fact that Zembowicz and his colleagues are getting second opinion case referrals from other countries [...]
The following objects were aspirated through a fine-gauge needle along with fluid from a slowly growing cystic mass. Papanicolaou stain, 600X magnification. No further information is available. Identification?
Identification: Schistosoma hematobium egg. The distinguishing features of this eggs are its large size (>100 microns in length), and characteristic terminal spine. The fact that they are found in urine is another important feature, since these eggs are usually laid around the venus plexus of the bladder, and some eventually make their way through the [...]
The following objects were found in a Papanicolaou-stained urine specimen. The intact object measures 170 µm long by 50 µm wide. Identification?
Answer: Fasciola hepatica Congratulations to everyone who wrote in on this case! You all recognized that this egg falls into the category of thin-walled oval operculated eggs, which includes (in increasing size) Clonorchis sinensis, Diphyllobothrium latum, Paragonimus westermani, and Fasciola hepatica/Fasciolopsis buski. I put the last 2 eggs together since they are morphologically indistinguishable – [...]
Unless any of my fellow primary care pathologists out there have been way off the grid for the past 72 hours, you have by now heard the news of the revised guidelines for screening of breast cancer published by the group of luminaries known as the US Preventative Services Task Force – and hopefully you [...]
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