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(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsNevusMelanomaMelanocyticBasal cellSquamous cellMerkel cellLentigoActinic keratosisEpidermisDermisVerrucous The discussion of the skin will be divided into three subsections: melanocytic…

(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsLymphomaLymphoblasticHodgkinLymphocyticMantle cellMarginal zoneFollicular lymphomaFlow cytometryBurkittHairy cell leukemia The original version of this chapter was revised. An erratum…

(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsTonsilSinusitisCholesteatomaCarotidIntervertebral discParathyroidHeart valveGallbladderAppendixHerniaOsteoarthritisChalazionDebridement Ditzel (slang): A word used to describe any part of the body that is…

(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsLobularDuctalDCISLCISFibroadenomaPhyllodesApocrinePapillomaMastectomy Breast biopsy specimens come in several sizes. There is the core biopsy, which is a large-bore…

(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsOsteosarcomaChondrosarcomaOsteoidOsteochondromaEnchondrom aGiant cell tumor of the boneChondroblastom aEwing sarco ma For tumors of the bone , involving…

(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsInterstitial lung diseaseGranulomasOrganizing pneumoniaBronchiAlveoliPneumoniaCarcinoidPulmonaryAllergic Normal Histology The lungs consist of principally four compartments: the large airways (bronchi),…

(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsHPVHSILLSILCone biopsyEndocervicalCINVaINVINAIS Cervical biopsies are common and nearly always performed for the purpose of evaluating squamous or…

(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsEndometriumMyometriumInfertilityPregnancyLeiomyomaSerousEndometrioid The endometrium is a cycling glandular and stromal layer overlying the myometrium of the uterus ….

(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsFollicularPapillaryAnaplasticMedullaryHyalinizing trabecular adenomaThyroglossalBranchial cleft cystHürthle The thyroid has two basic cell types: the follicular epithelium (TTF-1, PAX8,…

(1) Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pathology, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsBlastsLeukemiaAMLMDSHematopoiesisMyeloproliferativeCMLMonocytes Normal Histology The marrow biopsy specimen is usually taken from the iliac bone. It consists of…