Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology

This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for December include the following sub-specialties: Biochemical Genetics, Bone and Soft Tissue, Dermatopathology, and Genitourinary.

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 ...

Mayo Clinic laboratory experts share five case studies in this month’s “PathWays” post and are challenging you to test your laboratory genetics & genomics, bone & soft tissue, renal, infectious disease, and gastroenterology pathology knowledge. Review the cases, take the quizzes, and learn how the correct diagnoses were made.

A 39-year-old woman presents with a 6 cm recurrent polypoid mass situated in the left pharyngeal wall (piriform sinus), initially resected five years ago. Toshi ...

23-year-old male with an isolated soft tissue mass on the back measuring 1.5 cm.The mass is centered in the dermis and extending into the underlying ...

Mayo Clinic laboratory experts share five case studies in this month’s “PathWays” post and are challenging you to test your clinical microbiology, bone and soft tissue, clinical, infectious disease, and gastroenterology knowledge. Review the cases, take the quizzes, and learn how the correct diagnoses were made.

A middle aged woman with destructive sacral mass. Nooshin Karamzadeh Dashti, M.D., M.P.H. Fellow, Bone and Soft ...

A 12-year-old male presented with a destructive mass in distal femur. Nooshin Karamzadeh Dashti, M.D., M.P.H. Fellow, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology Mayo Clinic Carrie Inwards, M.D. Consultant, Anatomic ...

72 year old male without any significant past medical history presented with right groin soft tissue mass, measuring 12 x 9 x 7 cm. There ...

Mayo Clinic laboratory experts share six case studies in this month’s “PathWays” post and are challenging you to test your bone and soft tissue, surgical, clinical, genitourinary pathology, hematopathology and laboratory genetics and genomics knowledge. Review the cases, take the quizzes, and learn how the correct diagnoses were made.

40 year old woman with a 3 cm intraabdominal mass, attached to peritoneum. Nooshin Karamzadeh Dashti, M.D., ...

This week's case study reviews the case of a 58-year-old man who received an above-the-knee amputation as treatment for a growing, painful right thigh mass. Can you make the diagnosis?