December 2017 — PathWays Case Study: Dec. 5

By Erika Fetterman • December 5, 2017

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​A 42-year-old HIV-positive man recently returned from a safari in sub-Saharan Africa. He presented to his primary care physician for his annual preventative medicine examination. He is asymptomatic and continues to be on highly active anti-retroviral therapy. As part of his annual checkup, he undergoes an anal Pap test. His anal Pap test is negative for squamous cell dysplasia, but the following objects are present ranging from 10–60 μm in size (Figures 1–3):

	Justin Juskewitch, M.D., Ph.D. Resident, Anatomic/Clinical Pathology Mayo Clinic
	Audrey Schuetz, M.D. Senior Associate Consultant, Clinical Microbiology Mayo Clinic Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Erika Fetterman

Erika Fetterman, Editorial Assistant at Mayo Medical Laboratories, supports internal and client-facing communications.