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This site contains private study notes and is under construction, constant re-organization, and updating/correction. Although effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the contents, it should NOT be considered an authoritative medical reference. Thank you.
Anatomic Pathology
[+]Bone
[+]Breast
[+]Cardiovascular
[+]- Non-Tumor
[+]- Alkaptonuria
- Acute Myocardial Ischemia / Infarct
- Amyloidosis
- Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac allograft vasculopathy
- Cardiac iron overload
- Cardiac sarcoid, Sarcoidosis
- Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi infection
- Coronary Vascular Disease
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Giant-cell myocarditis
- Hypersensitivity myocarditis
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Ventricular septal defect
- Vessels
[+]
This site contains private study notes and is under construction, constant re-organization, and updating/correction. Although effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the contents, it should NOT be considered an authoritative medical reference. Thank you.
Cytopathology (Cytology)
[+]Dermatopathology
[+]- Introduction
- Non-Neoplastic
- Neoplastic
- Malignant
- Nevi
- Blue Nevus
- Compound Nevus
- Juvenile Xanthogranuloma (aka Nevoxanthoendothelioma)
- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
- Spitz Nevus
Endocrine
[+]Forensic (& Autopsy) Pathology
[+]- Introduction
- Adult Autopsy
- Differential Diagnoses by presentation/external appearance
- No history, externally normal
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- Differential Diagnoses by presentation/external appearance
- Pediatric Autopsy
- Differential Diagnoses by presentation/external appearance
- No history, externally normal
- Cardiac
- Conduction system abnormalities
- Congenital cardiac malformation
- Metabolic
- Cardiac
- No history, externally normal
- Differential Diagnoses by presentation/external appearance
- Adult Autopsy
- Non-trauma: General
[+]- Drowning
- Electrical injury
- Temperature injury
- Medical by disease
[+]- Cardiac causes of death
[+]- Cardiomyopathy (implies an element of chronicity)
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Infectious causes of death
[+] - Neurologic causes of death
[+]
- Cardiac causes of death
- ...by findings
- Kidney
- Liver
- Specific conditions
- Toxicology
[+]
- Ancillary Procedures/Investigations
Gastrointestinal
[+]Genitourinary
[+]- Introduction
- Bladder
- Germ Cell Tumors
- Embryonal Carcinoma
- Mixed Germ Cell Tumor
- Teratoma
- Yolk Sac Tumor (Endodermal Sinus Tumor)
- Kidney
- Male
- Penis
- Prostate
- Testis
- Germ Cell Tumors (see above)
- Seminoma
- Non-seminoma
- Female
- Cervix
- Ovary
- Germ Cell Tumors (see above)
- Uterus
- Vagina
Head and Neck
[+]Neuropathology
[+]- Tumor
- Glial
- Embryonal
- Ependymal
- Ependymoma (WHO 2000 Grade II)
- Anaplastic Ependymoma (WHO 2000 Grade III)
- Myxopapillary Ependymoma (WHO 2000 Grade I)
- Subependymoma (WHO 2000 Grade I)
- Meningothelial
- Meningothelial Meningioma (WHO Grade I)
- Fibroblastic Meningioma (WHO Grade I)
- Mixed Meningioma (WHO Grade I)
- Psammomatous Meningioma (WHO Grade I)
- Angiomatous Meningioma (WHO Grade I)
- Microcystic Meningioma (WHO Grade I)
- Secretory Meningioma (WHO Grade I)
- Lymphoplasmacyte-rich Meningioma (WHO Grade I)
- Metaplastic Meningioma (WHO Grade I)
- Chordoid Meningioma (WHO Grade II)
- Clear Cell Meningioma (WHO Grade II)
- Atypical Meningioma (WHO Grade II)
- Papillary Meningioma (WHO Grade III)
- Rhabdoid Meningioma (WHO Grade III)
- Anaplastic Meningioma (WHO Grade III)
- Neuroendocrine
- Other
- Nontumor
Placenta
[+]Respiratory
[+]Soft Tissue
[+]Clinical Pathology
[+]Clinical Chemistry
[+]- Clinical disease
[+]
- Laboratory Techniques
[+]
- Laboratory Tests by System
[+]
- Toxicology
[+]
Cytogenetics
[+]- Index of commonly accepted/classic Cytogenetic abnormalities and clinical associations
- Autopsy
- Hematologic malignancies
- Techniques, procedures, & methodologies
Hematopathology
[+]- Lymph Nodes
[+]- Extramedullary Hematopoiesis
- Reactive
- Dermatopathic lymphadenitis (Lipomelanosis reticularis of Pautrier)
- Infectious
[+]- Bartonella henselae (Cat scratch disease)
- Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis)
- Mycobacterium leprae (Leprosy, Lepromatous leprosy)
- Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis, ))Piringer-Kuchinka(( lymphadenitis)
- Mastocytosis (Mast Cell Disease)(())
- Cutaneous Mastocytosis
- Urticaria Pigmentosa (UP, or Maculopapular Cutaneous Mastocytosis (MPCM))
- Diffuse Cutaneous Mastocytosis
- Mastocytoma of Skin
- Systemic Mastocytosis
- Mast Cell Sarcoma
- Extracutaneous Mastocytoma
- Cutaneous Mastocytosis
- Acute Leukemia
- AML
- with recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities
- with multilineage dysplasia
- Minimally differentiated
- without maturation
- with maturation
- Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
- Acute Monoblastic and Monocytic Leukemia
- Acute Erythroid Leukemia
- Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia
- Acute Basophilic Leukemia
- Acute Panmyelosis with Myelofibrosis
- Myeloid Sarcoma
- Acute Leukemias of Ambiguous Lineage
- AML
- Other
- Plasma cell neoplasms
- Multiple myeloma (Plasma cell myeloma)
- Plasmacytoma
- Monoclonal immunoglobin deposition diseases
- Heavy chain diseases
- Plasma cell neoplasms
Microbiology
[+]- Introduction
- Growth and Transport Media
[+]- Andrades broth
- Bile esculin agar
- Blood agar (BAP, BA)
- Bordet-Gengou agar
- Charcoal yeast extract (CYE)
- Chocolate agar
- Eosin methylene blue agar (EMB)
- Egg yolk agar
- Hektoen agar (HE)
- Kligler iron agar
- Lysine iron agar (LIA)
- MacConkey agar
- Mannitol salt agar
- Phosphate yeast glucose (PYG)
- Salmonella-Shigella agar (SS)
- Selenite broth
- Thioglycolate broth
- Triple sugar iron agar (TSI)
- Tryptic soy broth (TSB)
- Xylose-lysine-deoxycholate agar (XLD)
- Biochemical tests
[+] - Identification
- Growth and Transport Media
- Bacteria
[+]- Aeromonadaceae
[+] - Alcaligenaceae
[+] - Bartonellaceae
[+]- Bartonella
- Bartonella henselae (Cat Scratch Disease)
- Bartonella
- Brucellaceae
[+] - Enterococcaceae
[+] - Enterobacteriaceae
[+] - Lactobacillaceae
[+] - Methylobacteriaceae
[+] - Micrococcaceae
[+] - Moraxellaceae
[+] - Mycobacteria
[+]- Mycobacterium avium
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium intracellulare
- Mycobacterium leprae (Leprosy, Lepromatous Leprosy)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Neisseriaceae
[+] - Pasteurellaceae
[+]- Actinobacillus
- Haemophilus
- Haemophilus aegyptius
- Haemophilus aphrophilus
- Haemophilus ducreyi (**Not part of genus Haemophilus, but has not been reclassified as of 2005 publications.)
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Haemophilus parainfluenzae
- Pasteurella
- Streptococcaceae
[+] - Vibrionaceae
[+]
- Aeromonadaceae
- Fungi
[+]- Actinomyces (Actinomycosis)
- Aspergillus (Aspergillosis)
- Blastomyces (Chicago Disease, Gilchrist's disease, North American Blastomycosis)
- Coccidioides (Coccidioidomycosis)
- Cryptococci
- Histoplasma
- Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis)
- Pneumocystis
- Pneumocystis carinii (PCP)
- Coccidioides (Coccidioidomycosis)
- Parasites
[+]- Amoebae
- Babesia
- Malaria
- Nematodes
- Schistosoma (Schistosomiasis)
- Toxoplasma
- Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)
- Trypanosoma
Toxicology
[+]Pediatric Pathology
[+]Pediatric Anatomic Pathology
[+]
Congenital
Gastrointestinal
Placenta
Respiratory
Tumors
Gastrointestinal
Placenta
- Normal
- Cord
- Membranes
- Vascular
Respiratory
Tumors
Pediatric Clinical Pathology
[+]Staining
[+]Broad Staining Panels
[+]Immunohistochemistry
[+]
CD1a, CD1b, CD1c, CD1d, CD1e, CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5, CD6, CD7, CD8, CD9, CD10, CD11a, CD11b, CD11c, CD15, CD20, CD30, CD34, CD38, CD43, CD45, CD56, CD79a, CD79b, CD117, CD138,
- Other Immunostains
Special stains
[+]- Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) (Auramine-Rhodamine, Fite, Kinyoun, Ziehl-Neelsen)
- Acridine orange
- Alcian Blue
- Brown and Brenn
- Calcofluor white
- Congo Red
- Fluorochrome
- Fontana-Masson
- Geimsa
- Gomori Methenamine Silver (GMS)
- Gram
- Gridley's Fungus (GF)
- Lactophenol aniline blue
- Loeffler methylene blue
- Methylene blue
- Oil Red O
- Osmic acid
- Periodic Acid - Schiff (PAS)
- Iron/Prussian Blue
- Reticulin
- Safranin O
- Toluidine blue
- Trichrome
- Wright-Giemsa
Links
[+]- Resources
- ARUP Labs: Tests, A-Z
- Emedicine.com: Thorough, but clinically oriented resource.
- Immunohistochemistry vade mecum: Free alternative to the now commercialized product formerly known as ImmunoQuery.
- PathologyOutlines.com: Incredibly complete and regularly updated as of mid-September 2005.
- CP
- Professional
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- American Medical Association FREIDA Online (Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database)
- The National Association of Medical Examiners
- Missing/Unidentified Persons
- NamUs - National Missing and Unidentified Persons System: U.S. Dept. of Justice site housing a database of missing and unidentified persons,
- The Doe Network: Volunteer based non-profit assisting in cold cases and unidentified victims.
References
[+]- Websites/links
[+]- Emedicine.com: Thorough, but clinically oriented resource.
- NEWT Taxonomy browser: Very up-to-date site for taxonomy; particularly useful in the ever-changing world of microbiology.
- PathologyOutlines.com: Incredibly complete and regularly updated as of mid-September 2005.
- Software
[+]- Zotero: A free add-on for the Firefox, Netscape, and Flock web browsers. It's superb, and fully integrated into the browser, where most article searches are performed, and it can store PDF's or other files. It has additional free add-ons to link it to Microsoft Word and OpenOffice Write. For my personal use it far surpasses any alternative I have tried, including EndNote.
- EndNote: A commonly used article/bibliography management program. Although widely supported, it's bulky, not terribly intuitive, and expensive unless you have access to it institutionally.
- Textbooks
[+]- Armed Forces Institutes of Pathology Fascicles
- Anatomic Pathology Board Review, 2006
- Autopsy Pathology: A Manual and Atlas, Finkbeiner et al., 2004
- The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology, 2001
- CAP Publications
- Autopsy Performance & Reporting, 2nd ed., ...
- Basic Competencies in Forensic Pathology: A Forensic Pathology Primer, ...
- Cause of Death and the Death Certificate, ...
- Handbook of Forensic Pathology, 2nd ed., 2003.
- Handbook for Postmortem Examination of Unidentified Remains, ...
- An Introduction to Autopsy Technique, 2nd ed., 2005.
- An Introduction to Autopsy Technique: Step-by-Step Diagrams, 2nd ed. 2005.
- Flow Cytometry in Clinical Diagnosis, 3rd ed., 2001
- Forensic Pathology: Principles and Practice, Dolinak, 2005
- Manual of Basic Neuropathology, 4th ed.,
- Neuropathology: A Reference Text of CNS Pathology, Ellison, Love, ...
- Practical Principles of Cytopathology, 1999
- Rosai & Ackerman's Surgical Pathology, 9th ed., 2004
- WHO Classification of Tumours
- WHO: Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues, 2001
- WHO: Tumours of the Nervous System, 2000
- WHO: Tumours of the Digestive System,
- WHO: Tumours of the Soft Tissues and Bone,
- WHO: Tumours of the Breast and Female Genital Organs,
- WHO: Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs,
- WHO: Tumours of the Lung, Pleura, Thymus, and Heart,
- WHO: Tumours of Endocrine Organs,
- WHO: Head and Neck Tumours,
- WHO: Skin Tumours,
- Articles
[+]- Breast
- Nonmalignant Lesions in Breast Core Needle Biopsies: To Excise or Not to Excise? Jacobs et al. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 26(9):1095-1110, 2002.
- Breast
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