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Features ThinPrep® (TP) SurePath™ (SP) Conventional preparation (CP) Sample collection Uniform – head of sampling device is discarded Uniform – head of sampling device is submitted Uniform – head of…

Fig. 20.1. Lingual thyroid : depression at the site of excision of lingual thyroid. Microscopic (Fig. 20.2 ) ♦ Heterotopic and ectopic thyroid tissue is a histologically normal thyroid tissue,…

Malformation Incidence per million live births Ventricular septal defect (VSD) 4,482 Atrial septal defect (ASD) 1,059 Pulmonary stenosis 836 Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) 782 Tetralogy of Fallot 577 Coarctation of…

Fig. 18.1. Steatocystoma (A, B). Clinical ♦ May occur in a solitary form (simplex) or as multiple lesions inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion (multiplex)   Microscopic ♦ An irregular,…

Fig. 5.1. Patients awaiting organs in the United States, from United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS, http://​optn.​transplant.​hrsa.​gov/​).   General Considerations Transplant Recipient Candidate ♦ Waiting list for most organs is…

(1) Department of Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA     Diana M. Bell Email: dianabell@mdanderson.org Introduction To Salivary Gland Tumors Tumorlike And Cystic Lesions Tumorlike Lesions…

Hepatotropic viruses Nonhepatotropic viruses Viruses that preferentially and predominantly infect liver Viruses that involve the liver as part of systemic or multiorgan infection Hepatitis viruses A, B, C, E, and…

Fig. 35.1. Renal cell carcinoma, clear cell type. Tumor is typically well demarcated from normal kidney by a fibrous pseudocapsule, and the cut surface is usually variegated. Viable tumor is…

Fig. 45.1. F ocal nodular hyperplasia consisting of a well-circumscribed, lobulated lesion with a central stellate scar arising in a noncirrhotic liver. The scar is eccentrically located in small, early…