Case Studies

50 year old woman underwent hysterectomy for a 4.8 cm mass involving the cervix and lower uterine segment. The tumor cells had the following immunoprofile:[...]

An 18-year-old man presented with progressive headaches, left face and tongue sensory change, and gait imbalance for four months. He had no significant past medical[...]

This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for March include the following sub-specialties: Bone and Soft Tissue, Clinical Chemistry, Cytopathology, Gastroenterology, Neuropathology, Pulmonary & Surgical.

A 37-year-old female diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) presented for her annual Adderall (amphetamine and d-amphetamine) compliance testing visit and prescription refill. The confirmatory[...]

The patient is a 58-year-old woman with a history of atypical corticotroph pituitary adenoma, status-post two trans-sphenoidal resections and radiation. On follow-up imaging, she was[...]

A 17 year-old male with history of DICER1 syndrome and prior resection of a benign multicystic kidney at age 2 presents with ultrasound finding of[...]

Elderly female with biopsy proven metastatic adenocarcinoma arising in the cecum. Past medical history is non-contributory. The patient underwent neoadjuvant therapy, with mixed response, prior[...]

68-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with complaints of progressive right-sided weakness and word finding difficulty for the previous 4 days. A computerized[...]

This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for February include the following sub-specialties: Anatomic Pathology, Cytopathology, Clinical Microbiology, Gastroenterology, Hematopathology, Infectious Disease, and Laboratory Genetics & Genomics

A 65-year-old man with history of treated anal intraepithelial neoplasia presents with new-onset diarrhea. A Papanicolaou-stained anal smear was performed for follow-up cancer screening. Nicholas[...]

78 year old man with new onset bilateral shoulder/neck pain and weakness, jaw pain exacerbated by chewing, and odynophagia with both solids and liquids. A[...]

A 43-year-old female presents with seizures following weeks of progressive lower extremity numbness. Imaging reveals a contrast-enhancing parasagittal brain mass without other systemic findings. She[...]

A 71 yr old female with a history of a central nervous system lymphoma, an allogenic stem cell transplant and graft versus host disease was[...]