Education

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[...]

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[...]

A 59-year-old kidney transplant patient presented after 1 week of low-grade fevers and non-productive cough. A CT scan of the lungs showed multiple mass-like lesions[...]

A 68-year-old male with history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia presented with subnephrotic range proteinuria (protein/creatinine ratio of 2.5), hemoglobin (13.1 g/dl) and ESR of 50[...]

A 33-year-old female presents to her care team with liver cirrhosis (stage IV) and worsening liver failure. She is well known to her medical team[...]

A 5 year old male patient with a complex phenotype was seen in clinic. He presented with developmental delay, feeding difficulty, cerebellar malformation, coagulation problems,[...]

The Mayo Clinic Laboratories Education team recently announced the launch of a new educational podcast titled “Lab Medicine Rounds.” Lab Medicine Rounds is a curated podcast for physicians, laboratory professionals, and students that covers a wide variety of laboratory medicine-related topics.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D., will discuss the detection of (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) in serum as a biomarker for the presence of invasive fungal infections.

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is thrilled to introduce “Lab Medicine Rounds.” This curated podcast for physicians, laboratory professionals, and students features trending topics from Mayo Clinic Laboratories subject-matter experts.

This "Phlebotomy webinar" will review the most common preanalytical variables that lead to blood specimen re-collection in the hospital environment.

This “Specialty Testing” webinar will describe the clinical, radiologic, and serologic characteristics of autoimmune myelopathies and their mimics.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Curtis Hanson, M.D., will discuss the use of laboratory-based prognostic markers in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). He will also highlight the importance of molecular analyses for IGHV and TP53 sequencing in these patients.

R. Ross Reichard, M.D., DLMP Vice Chair of Quality and Associate Chair of Practice, recently contributed to a College of American Pathologists (CAP) article in CAP Today. The article, "How the Laboratory Drives Patient Satisfaction," explores the myriad ways laboratories can monitor and improve the patient experience.