cases | Pathology Student

A 38 year-old male with AIDS and severe headache

A 38 year-old male with advanced AIDS presents with severe headaches, fever and altered mental status, and dies several days later. An autopsy is performed, and a coronal section of the brain is shown here.
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A 13 year-old male with a cerebellar mass

A 13 year-old male presents with a cerebellar mass. A biopsy is performed, and a representative section is shown here. (more…)

A 38 year-old female with a history of multiple deep venous thrombi

Here is another case in our growing collection of unknown cases. These cases are like the ones you see when you’re a medical student or pathology resident rotating through surgical pathology. There’s always an “unknown” conference, and everyone dreads it (or at least I did). (more…)

A 45 year-old male with emphysema and hepatitis

A 45 year-old male presents with pulmonary emphysema and repeated bouts of hepatitis. On liver biopsy, there are numerous eosinophilic, globular inclusions, such as the one at the center of the field.
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A 59 year-old male with a 4 cm cerebral mass

A 59 year-old male presents with severe headaches and fatigue of several months’ duration. A 4 cm, poorly-defined, necrotic left cerebral mass is found on CT and is subsequently biopsied.
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A 67 year-old female with fatigue and splenomegaly

A 67 year-old female presents with fatigue and marked splenomegaly. After further workup, a bone marrow biopsy is performed, and cytogenetic analysis of the aspirate reveals a Jak-2 mutation. Her blood smear is shown here.
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A 72 year-old male with a deep calf mass

A 72 year-old male presents with an ill-defined, deep-seated mass in his right calf. It has grown appreciably in the past few months and is now roughly the size of a golf ball. A core biopsy is performed, and a representative section is shown here.
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