Education

A 52-year-old woman presents with progressive numbness involving the right side of her face and tongue, diplopia, swallowing difficulty, and gait instability. She has an[...]

Hear advice firsthand from William Morice, II, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, as he tells stories that helped shape his journey in laboratory medicine.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Jessie Swanson and Michelle Soland from the Component Laboratory will discuss the process improvement that helped decrease the standard cryoprecipitate dosage and the positive impact it has on patients.

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.

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.