Cytopathology

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: Gynecological Pathology, Cytopathology and Pulmonary Pathology, Hematopathology, Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry, and Biochemical Genetics.

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Cytopathology and Pulmonary Pathology.

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: Cytopathology, Forensic & Neuropathology, and Hematopathology.

This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Hematopathology.

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.

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 tomography (CT) scan was done which showed a 2.7 cm left frontal brain mass with surrounding vasogenic edema. Further workup also showed masses in the [...]

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 Boire, M.D., M.S.Resident, Anatomic and Clinical PathologyMayo Clinic@DrBoire Bobbi Pritt, M.D.Consultant, Clinical MicrobiologyMayo ClinicProfessor of Laboratory Medicine and PathologyMayo Clinic College of Medicine [...]

Mayo Clinic laboratory experts share six case studies in this month’s “PathWays” post and are challenging you to test your cytopathology, anatomic and clinical, and molecular genetic pathology knowledge. Review the cases, take the quizzes, and learn how the correct diagnoses were made.

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

A 45-year-old woman presented with a 6 cm nodule in the upper arm. She had removed a bona fide lipoma from the same area >10 years ago. An MRI showed a suspected sarcoma and the lesion was excised.

Mayo Clinic laboratory experts share four case studies in this month’s "PathWays" post and are challenging you to test your neuropathology and anatomic pathology knowledge. Review the cases, take the quizzes, and learn how the correct diagnoses were made.

A coronary sinus "thrombus" was removed during surgery and submitted for surgical pathology review. View the microscopic images and make your diagnosis.