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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 "Phlebotomy webinar" focuses on the origins of difficult collections and the situations that result in them.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Brad Karon, M.D., Ph.D., will discuss recent information on the advantages and disadvantages of using butterfly needles for blood collection.

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[...]

Mayo Clinic pathologists, researchers, and a wide spectrum of allied health staff will be in Los Angeles, California, for the 109th United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Meeting (USCAP). Visit us at booth #716 on March 2 - 4, 2020 to discuss how our testing can integrate with your practice.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Sounak Gupta, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., discusses selecting tissues and other tissue considerations for molecular testing. He also reviews tissue metrics and requirements, which differ based on test platforms. It is important to keep in mind that the details of tissue metrics change over time as they continue to evolve with technology.