Microscopy

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• trachea
  3 December 2004

  Adj. tracheal WKP
  Definition : The trachea, colloquially called the windpipe, is a cartilaginous tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air, and so is present in almost all air-breathing animals with lungs. The trachea extends from the larynx and branches into the two primary bronchi. At the top of the trachea the cricoid cartilage attaches it to the larynx. This is the only complete tracheal ring, the others being incomplete rings of (...)

• Cryptococcus neoformans
  29 August 2005

  Torula histolytica
  Definition: Cryptococcus neoformans (formerly known as Torula histolytica) is an encapsulated yeast-like fungus found in dried avian (particularly pigeon) and bat excreta, and in dust contaminated with such droppings.
  Images
  Cryptococcus disseminated to lung, spleen, kidney, thyroid.
  https://twitter.com/JMGardnerMD/status/866107567046610945
  granuloma with Cryptococcus neoformans
  https://twitter.com/smlungpathguy/status/877392725959749632
  Digital cases
  HPC:62 (...)

• granulomatous colitis
  18 October 2004

  Etiology (exemples)
  Crohn disease
  tuberculous enterocolitis
  digestive CGD (chronic granulomatous disease)
  Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
  See also
  granulomatoses digestive granulomatoses

• Candida sp.
  4 May 2004

  Adj. candidal

• foamy macrophages
  24 October 2003

  spumous macrophages, foamy macrophages, foam cells; lipid-laden histiocytes, foamy histiocytes; lipid-laden macrophages; foamy histiocyte; foamy histiocytes; xanthomatous 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 (...)

• mammary fibroadenoma
  18 January 2005

  breast fibroadenoma, Benign cystosarcoma phyllodes, Cellular fibroadenoma, Cellular adenofibroma, Fetal fibroadenoma, Juvenile adenofibroma; mammary fibroadenoma PO Webpathology BP
  Definition : The mammary fibroadenoma is a benign mammary biphasic tumor with epithelial and stromal components.
  It is a benign breast lesion that result from hyperplasia of the normal lobules.
  It is a circumscribed, often large, breast mass usually occuring in adolescent females with stromal and (...)

• acute appendicitis
  2 September 2004

  Digital cases
  HPC:25 : acute appendicitis
  HPC:94 : acute appendicitis
  HPC:368 : Granulation tissue after acute appendicitis
  Videos
  Acute appendicitis (by Washington Deceit)
  Peri-appendiceal abscess (by Washington Deceit)
  Laparoscopic appendicectomy
  See also
  appendicectomy (videos)
  References
  Lamps LW. Appendicitis and infections of the appendix. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2004 May;21(2):86-97. PMID: #15807469#
  References
  Minimal added value of further blocks in negative (...)

• 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 (...)

• necrosis
  9 November 2004

  tissular death

• Mycobacterium sp.
  23 April 2004

  mycobacteria, mycobacterias

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