Something you don't see every day: Choriocarcinoma.
#PathSky #Pathology #Medicine
Something you don't see every day: Choriocarcinoma.
#PathSky #Pathology #Medicine
What happens when oxalate nephropathy & renal embolic disease interact? How does this interaction impact kidney function? Find out the answer in our latest #Collidescope episode!
#renalpath #kidneypath #pathsky #renalsky
Blood on their hands.
Kappa-type light chain proximal tubulopathy
On EM, low mag shows membrane-bound crystalline-like cytoplasmic inclusions but up close has fibrillar appearance.
πΉCongo-red is negative
πΉReported w/ MGUS, MM, & lymphoma
πΉMost had fanconi syndrome
#MGRS #renalpath #pathsky #nephsky #nephrology
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New data show Uber knowingly approves drivers with violent convictions including child/elder abuse and gun/weapons charges. Data suggest ~11% of their drivers would be banned if they used stricter criteria, but they have opted not to.
As is, they receive sexual misconduct reports ~every 8 mins.
Yes we have these at work - awesome for keeping all your tools organized but immediately accessible.
#PathSky #Pooh
A haematoxylin and eosin stained section of skin with a portion of a seborrheic keratosis that is in the shape of a love heart
A seborrheic keratosis showing me some love today π©·π #PathSky #PathArt #MedSky
This fungal yeast was called Histoplasma on biopsy. This diagnosis was later confirmed by cultures. How often does this approach go wrong?
#pathsky #idpath
Read more here in @IJSPjournal :
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
π’ UCLA is in the race to win the #WeGiveBloodDrive - a Big Ten-wide challenge powered by Abbott to inspire blood donations and save lives.
πͺDonate through Dec 5
π Help UCLA win a $1 MILLION prize for student & community health!
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Image of the Week!
Contributed by: Kyle Devins, M.D.
Textbook topic: Ovary
Diagnosis: Mucinous carcinoma
Textbook topic link: buff.ly/HE4iwSW
#Pathology #PathologyOutlines #PathSky
This fungus looked exactly like Aspergillus but turned out to be Pseudallescheria (by microbiologic cultures). How should such cases be worded?
Read more here in Int J Surg Pathol:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#pathsky #fungal #idsky #pathology #pulmpath
And the winners of #HCWvsHunger 2025, with $373,050, are the multidisciplinary #cancer care team, #DiagnoseAndTreats, representing #OncSky, #RadOncSky, #PathSky, & #Radiology. Amazing to have had a single team raise more π° in 2025 than in Year 1 OVERALL!
Strong work across the board, #MedSky! /7
Here we goβ¦
Do #Christmas decorations go up in November or December?
Well in #ForensicScience its important that we approach everything from a neutral and unbiased point perspective. So our wonderful admin team made sure this held true by starting to our decorations up on Friday, and finished today!
Started PGY1 when I was 25β¦seemed fine to me, but everyone is different.
Today December 1st is #WorldAIDSDay.
I remember the millions who have died.
I celebrate the transformative progress that has been made.
I resolve as an HIV researcher and advocate to keep up the fight to end the HIV epidemic.
Do you know you status?
Get tested. Get treated. Get on PrEP.
Available online now - ahead of print
Review Article
Analysis of Protein Degradation Patterns as Biomarker to Estimate Time Since Death: Insights and Innovations
journals.lww.com/amjforensicm...
#4n6 #forensicpathology #deathinvestigation #postmortemchanges
Last Christmas I gave you my heart
Then I died because it turns out I needed that to live
Haematoxylin and eosin stained microscopic image showing penile tissue with dense hyalinized fibrosis and dystrophic ossification, consistent with Peyronieβs disease.
Happy Friday everyone! Peyronieβs disease with dystrophic ossification - a literal boner π #PathSky #MedSky
π¬UCLA Pathology's Post-Sophomore/Junior Fellowship Program is now recruiting medical students to join our 1-Year Pathology Fellowship for 2026-2027!
#Pathology #path2path #PathSky #pathfellowship
Apply today! π bit.ly/4mexWqi
What would be your diagnosis for these findings in a 30-year-old African American male with CKD stage III and proteinuria?
#DiagnoseThis #nephsky #pathsky #renal #kidneypath
Reduce variability and inconsistency in your approach to #amyloidosis diagnosis and laboratory workup! New #CAPguideline: brnw.ch/21wXMU6
#pathsky #pathology #CAPGuidelines
Fungal hyphae are more tricky to diagnose by pathology alone than yeasts
See detailed discussion here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#pathsky #fungal #pathology
πΈ Amazing how the background parotid tissue fills in so nicely on permanent sections (it is the same block! I promise!) Can better appreciate variations in cellularity and patchy hemorrhage that contribute to the gross appearance
πΈ chondroid matrix, ducts and myoeps on permanent sections
#PathSky
Cryptococcus can be diagnosed with high accuracy in surgical pathology or cytology specimens
Case 5, Table 1
#pathology #pathsky
Read the paper!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
KikoXP + WSI + videoconferencing + 3 subspecialty experts = new way to educate
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youtu.be/LVXlir8s8ik?...
The Blood Bank, located in DeGowin Blood Center, processes and stores blood products for University of Iowa Health Care and associated locations. These products are used for various medical needs, such as transfusions, self-donations for future procedures, apheresis, and much more. #PathSky
Available online now - ahead of print
Original Study
The Recent Rise of Streptococcus Pyogenes Group AβRelated Deaths in Cook County: A Case Series
journals.lww.com/amjforensicm...
#4n6 #forensicpathology #infectiousdiseases #pathology
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes? It hasnβt been ruled out.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...