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Be brave enough to be bad at something new. Loves music, food, the beach. Works as a Pathologist.
Nov 17, 2020 10 tweets 5 min read
All you need to know about grossing the #larynx
Here's a #PathVideoTweetorial

#pathology #grosspath #headandneckpath

Video 1: Let's first get oriented by seeing some images Since the main tumor completely involved the epiglottis, the surgeon had to excise a part of the tongue (which is seen in the specimen)

Now that you’ve seen the images, let’s take a look at the real deal

Video 2: Larynx specimen intact
Jun 5, 2020 28 tweets 11 min read
Age: 14-year old female
History: Proptosis & pain
Specimen: Exenteration
#pathology #PediPath #BSTPath #orbit

(*Image courtesy: Dr. Sayed Hashim) 3 main questions:
Q1. Is it benign or malignant?
May 16, 2020 17 tweets 9 min read
History: Female, 50-ish, presented with hematuria.

Cystoscopy: Congested mucosa with bleeding ulcers

Biopsy from urinary bladder lesion

#pathology #GUPath What should I do?
Feb 15, 2020 7 tweets 5 min read
Young male, 30’s, came with an enlarged neck node

(Well that’s all the history that I got)

#pathology #HemePath #lymphnode ImageImageImage The node had a vague nodular pattern with a mottled look.

There were scattered large mono, bi, multincleate cells

RS cells: CD30+ EBV+ &
CD20-,CD2-, CD45-/+
in a mixed inflammatory cell background with areas of necrosis ImageImageImageImage