Friday, July 27, 2012

20/F, CYSTIC LESION PANCREAS

PAPILLAE

ROSETTE LIKE

COARSE CHROMATIN

PORTION OF PANCREAS WITH SPLEEN

CUT SURFACE

10/F, CERVICAL LYMPH NODE

RS CELL

RS CELLS WITH EOSINOPHILS

RS CELLS & EOSINOPHILS

GROSS

Thursday, June 21, 2012

 ADULT FILARIAL WORM IN A LYMPH NODE
MALE WITH VAS DIFFERENS
VAS DIFFERENS CONTAINING SPERMATOZOA
TWO UTERI CONTAINING OVA
FEMALE WITH DOUBLE UTERUS


ADDITIONAL FACTS:

Serological tests for detecting filariasis - IFA, ELISA(not as specific as IFA)









Friday, May 18, 2012

28/F, RT OVARIAN TUMOR






GROSS - EXTERNAL SURFACE
                                                  




                  CUT SURFACE






 SPINDLE SHAPED FIBROBLAST LIKE CELLS
               


        LEUTENIZED THECA LIKE CELLS
HYPOCELLULAR AREAS














ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

IHC

vascular permeability factor[VPF] and vascular endothelial growth factor[VEGF] - leutinized cells

FMS like tyrosine kinase[flt-1] - small blood vessels

FISH

chromosome 12 trisomy in 13-21% of SSTs. 

 

Monday, May 14, 2012

43 F, BREAST MASS EXCISION. CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS - GIANT FIBROADENOMA

 GROSS
                                                           LEAF LIKE











10X
                                                                        40X
ADDITIONAL FACTS-

CGH and FISH analysis can be used to differentiate benign and malignant phylloids.

Most common genetic imbalances that occur in malignant phylloids are MDM2, MYC and RB1.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

GRANULOSA CELL TUMOUR - OVARY

 CALL EXNER BODIES
 GROSS
 10X
 97% OF ADULT GRANULOSA CELL TUMOURS HARBOUR A SOMATIC MISSENSE MUTATION IN THE FOXL2  [FORK HEAD BOX L2] GENE.