Case Studies

A 29 year old female presents with large, painless right abdominal wall mass. The mass was excised, and microscopic evaluation demonstrated an infiltrative spindle cell[...]

By MCL Education • December 10, 2019

A 7-year old boy presented with growing skin lesion on the back. Chady Meroueh, M.D.Fellow, Clinical Informatics Mayo Clinic Thomas Flotte, M.D.Consultant, Anatomic PathologyMayo ClinicProfessor[...]

By MCL Education • December 10, 2019

64 year old female with an outside diagnosis of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), with a new onset of abdominal pain. She had a complex constellation[...]

By MCL Education • December 10, 2019

This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for November include the following sub-specialties: Cytogenetics, Genetics, Gynecological, and Molecular Genetics.

By MCL Education • November 13, 2019

A 60-year-old woman presented for evaluation of hirsutism. She was found to have an elevated total testosterone level of 331 ng/dL(reference range 8-60 ng/dL) and[...]

By MCL Education • November 13, 2019

1-day-old female born with omphalocel, macroglossia, and enlarged kidneys. Julie Li, B.Med., Ph.D.Fellow, Molecular Genetic PathologyMayo Clinic Matthew Ferber, Ph.D.Consultant, Laboratory Genetics and GenomicsMayo ClinicAssociate[...]

By MCL Education • November 13, 2019

A 30-year-old woman suffers a miscarriage, and the product of conception is sent for cytogenetic testing to rule out cytogenetic abnormalities. A chromosomal microarray performed[...]

By MCL Education • November 13, 2019

α-globin gene analysis testing was performed on a 30-year-old man with unknown clinical history. Gene dosage was assessed using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA). Multiplex[...]

By MCL Education • November 13, 2019

This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for October include the following sub-specialties: Cytogenetics, Endocrine, Gastrointestinal, Neuropathology, and Transfusion Medicine.

By MCL Education • October 15, 2019

A 65-year-old woman had a 12 year progressive history of ascending numbness and tingling of the left, then right side of her body. Multiple physicians[...]

By MCL Education • October 15, 2019

A 64-year-old man was found to have an incidental liver mass on ultrasonography during a work-up for chronic kidney disease. He had a history of[...]

By MCL Education • October 15, 2019

A woman in her 60s presents with a mass in the left lobe of the thyroid and lymph node metastases. Upon thyroidectomy, the tumor histologically[...]

By MCL Education • October 15, 2019

A 61-year-old male developed flu-like symptoms with persistent cough. He had an episode of hemoptysis and presented for evaluation in the clinic. A chest x-ray[...]

By MCL Education • October 15, 2019