Microscopy

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• foamy macrophages
  24 October 2003

  spumous macrophages, foamy macrophages, foam cells; lipid-laden histiocytes, foamy histiocytes; lipid-laden macrophages; foamy histiocyte; foamy histiocytes
  Definition: Histiocytes that are laden with lipid (predominantly cholesterol ), and that have differentiated from circulating monocytes.
  Images
  foamy macrophages in lung; amiodarone exposure
  https://twitter.com/smlungpathguy/status/715529010176999424
  In tumors
  giant cell tumor of tendinous sheath
  xanthograuloma (...)

• bronchiolitis obliterans
  4 June 2004

  bronchiolitis obliterans with intraluminal polyp, obliterative bronchiolitis

• thyroid follicular adenoma
  14 December 2005

  Definition: A benign, encapsulated tumour of the thyroid showing evidence of follicular differentiation.
  Images
  Wikimedia : Follicular adenoma
  Digital cases (Digital slides)
  HPC:395 : Thyroid follicular adenoma with papillary epithelial hyperplasia.
  JRC:2612 : Thyroid atypical follicular adenoma, thyroid Spindle cell and follicular neoplasm.
  JRC:14584 : Thyroid follicular adenoma, clear cell type.
  JRC:15430 : Thyroid follicular adenoma (with pseudoclear).
  Follicular adenoma is (...)

• chronic granulomatous disease
  3 October 2003

  CGD

• gastric intestinal metaplasia
  13 December 2007

  intestinal metaplasia in stomach

• colorectal adenoma
  12 May 2004

  colorectal adenomas
  Definition: Adenomas, the benign glandular neoplasms that precede colon cancer development, originate from the intestinal epithelium. They occur singly or multiply. When multiple, the patients may have a genetic predisposition syndrome for colorectal cancer.
  See also : colorectal adenoma with adenocarcinoma
  Endoscopy
  Small (< 5 mm) colorectal polyps commonly affect individuals older than 50 years of age and adenomas account for 60% to 66% ofthese small lesions. (...)

• corpus luteum
  17 November 2004

  corpora lutea (corpus luteum)
  Definition: Corpus luteum is 1 to 2 cm, round yellow, lobulated structure with cystic center. It has luteinized granulosa and theca cells.
  In pregnancy, coprus luteum is larger, bright yellow with prominent central cavity, hyaline droplets and calcification. Progesterone from the corpus luteum maintains the uterus for implantation.
  The corpus luteum secretes progesterone which induces a secretory endometrium. It normally regresses in 14 days unless it is (...)

• necrosis
  9 November 2004

  tissular death

• hepatoblastoma
  16 March 2004

  hepatoblastomas
  Definition: Hepatoblastoma is a malignant embryonal liver tumor that occurs almost exclusively in infants and very young children.
  Image
  Macroscopy : https://twitter.com/DraEosina/status/762631086207893506
  Cytology: https://twitter.com/AdamGomezMD/status/720632495671087104
  https://twitter.com/MArnold_PedPath/status/736000944303808512
  Hepatoblastoma is composed of epithelial and mesenchymal elements in varying proportions and at various stages of differentiation. The (...)

• adrenal cytomegaly
  18 January 2006

  Definition: Adrenal cytomegaly is characterized by the presence of large polyhedral cells with eosinophilic granular cytoplasm and enlarged nuclei in the adrenal cortex. Adrenal cytomegaly is found in 0.8% pediatric autopsies.
  Adrenal cytomegaly is relatively common finding within fetal cortex in newborns, particularly premature infants (3-7%) or infants with Rh incompatibility.
  Adrenal cytomegaly may be associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
  Focal adrenal cytomegaly can be observed (...)

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