Microscopy

Articles

• 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 (...)

• 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 (...)

• 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 (...)

• Glandulitis
  1 June 2004

  Localization
  digestive glandulitis gastric glandulitis intestinal glandulitis (intestinal cryptitis) colonic glandulitis (colonic cryptitis)

• 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 (...)

• thrombotic microangiopathy
  15 April 2005

  thrombotic microangiopathies, Moschkowitz syndrome, TMA

• caseous necrosis
  16 September 2005

  Caseous necrosis is a distinctive form of coagulative necrosis, is encountered most often in foci of tuberculous infection.
  The term caseous is derived from the cheesy white gross appearance of the area of necrosis.
  On microscopic examination, the necrotic focus appears as amorphous granular debris seemingly composed of fragmented, coagulated cells and amorphous granular debris enclosed within a distinctive inflammatory border known as a granulomatous reaction. Unlike coagulative (...)

• necrosis
  9 November 2004

  tissular death

• sinonasal mucosa
  29 June 2005

  nasal mucosa
  Images
  Sinonasal mucosa https://twitter.com/ARP_Press/status/860584726997815297
  See also
  rhinopharynx
  nasal cavities
  sinonasal tract

• Candida sp.
  4 May 2004

  Adj. candidal

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