Education

This is a surgical pathology case of a 70-year-old woman with multiple bilateral relatively stable lung nodules and history of metastatic leiomyosarcoma of Mullerian origin[...]

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D., talks about Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ serologic and molecular testing for the identification of infection with dengue virus. Dengue virus poses a significant public health threat worldwide. Rapid and accurate identification of the infection enables directed monitoring of patients who may be at increased risk of developing hemorrhagic fever of dengue shock syndrome.

This "Phlebotomy webinar" will discuss ethical issues frequently faced by phlebotomists.

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 12 week old boy presented with a 6 cm heterogeneous solid mass with cystic change, involving the mid/lower pole of the right kidney. Grossly,[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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.

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]