HISTOPATH 1 Flashcards
study of all changes in cells, tissues, and organs that underlie a disease
Pathology
starting point in every disease process
Cells
3 CLASSES
OF CELLS
Labile
Stable
Permanent
Cells frequently dividing to replace lost body cells
LABILE CELL
Replaces majority of body cells due to their limited lifespan
LABILE CELL
example of LABILE cell
Epithelial cells of skin
Exception: cancer cells
(immortalized cells)
Cells not frequently dividing; only divides to replace injured cells
STABLE CELL
example of STABLE cell
Parenchymal cells of liver and kidneys
Cells that do not undergo replication upon maturation
PERMANENT CELL
example of PERMANENT cell
neurons (nerve cells)
4 ABNORMALITIES IN CELL GROWTH
Aplasia
Agenesia
Hypoplasia
Atresia
T/F
Young cells typically undergo maturation with interval in between. There could be abnormalities along the way before it reaches maturation
TRUE
Incomplete/defective development of tissue/organ
Aplasia
abnormalities in cell growth wherein the affected organ shows no resemblance to the normal mature structure
Aplasia
abnormalities in cell growth that usually occur in PAIRED ORGANS (KIDNEYS, GONADS)
Aplasia
Complete non-appearance of organ
Agenesia
Failure of tissue/organ to reach normal mature adult size
Hypoplasia
Failure of organ to form an opening
Atresia
Imperforate anus and microtia (absence of ear canal) are both abnormalities in cell growth called as
Atresia
T/F
Body cells may be exposed to stressful stimuli. Under normal condition, cells will able to adapt (through several adaptation mechanisms). If exposure to stressful stimuli is prolonged and the degree of stress is severe, cells will fail to adapt which can cause injury (reversible or irreversible).
TRUE
6 CELLULAR ADAPTATION MECHANISMS
Atrophy
Hypertrophy
Hyperplasia
Metaplasia
Dysplasia
Anaplasia
Acquired decrease in tissue/organ size
Atrophy
Normal decrease in tissue/organ size as a consequence of maturation
Physiologic atrophy
Decrease
in tissue/organ size is associated
with a disease
Pathologic atrophy
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
Thymus at puberty
PHYSIOLOGIC atrophy
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
Decrease in uterus size after birth
PHYSIOLOGIC atrophy
TYPES OF PATHOLOGIC ATROPHY
“HE VAPE”
Hunger/starvation atrophy
Exhaustion atrophy
Vascular atrophy
Atrophy of disuse
Pressure atrophy
Endocrine atrophy
Decreased tissue/organ size if blood supply to an organ becomes reduced/below critical level
Vascular atrophy
Decreased tissue/organ size due to persistent pressure on the organ or tissue that may directly injure the cell or may secondarily promote diminution of blood supply (vascular atrophy)
Pressure atrophy
A correlated types of PATHOLOGIC ATROPHY
Pressure atrophy
Vascular atrophy
Decreased tissue/organ size due to lack of hormones needed to maintain normal size and structure
Endocrine atrophy
Decreased tissue/organ size due to lack of nutritional supply to sustain normal growth
Hunger/starvation atrophy
Too much workload, causing general wasting of tissues – leading to decreased tissue/organ size
Exhaustion atrophy
Inactivity/diminished activity or function causing decreased tissue/organ size
Atrophy of disuse
Increase in tissue/organ size due to increase in cell size making up the organ
Hypertrophy
Increase in tissue/organ size but NO NEW CELLS PRODUCED
Hypertrophy
Increase in tissue/organ size due to increase in cell number making up the organ
Hyperplasia
Increase in tissue/organ size; NEW CELLS PRODUCED
Hyperplasia
Reversible type of hypertrophy
Physiologic Hypertrophy
Normal increase in tissue/organ size due to increased cell size
Reversible
Physiologic
Hypertrophy
Increased tissue/organ size due to increased cell size caused by a disease
Pathologic
Hypertrophy
Increased cell size as a response to a deficiency
Compensatory
hypertrophy
Increase in tissue/organ size when one of the paired organs is removed
Compensatory
hypertrophy
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
Bulging of skeletal muscles due to frequent exercise
Physiologic
Hypertrophy
State the cellular adaptation mechanism; also state the reason for its occurrence:
Increased size of myocardium (heart muscle)
Pathologic
Hypertrophy
due to HTN or aortic valve disease
cellular adaptation mechanism that may occur if a patient is experiencing hypertension or aortic valve dse
Pathologic
Hypertrophy
(inc. size of myocardium)
cellular adaptation mechanism that may occur if an individual is consistently exercising
Physiologic
Hypertrophy
(bulging of skeletal muscles)
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
Enlargement of one kidney (renal)
Compensatory hypertrophy
(occur when one of the kidney is removed)
Normal increase in cell no.
Happens in response to a need
Physiologic
hyperplasia
Abnormal increase in cell no.
Pathologic
hyperplasia
T/F
If there is a compensatory hypertrophy, there is also compensatory hyperplasia.
TRUE!!
Hypertrophy and hyperplasia are two different processes but usually occur together. Triggered by the same stimulus.
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
↑ breast & uterus size during pregnancy
Physiologic
hyperplasia
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
↑ breast size during puberty due to glandular stimulation
Physiologic
hyperplasia
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
Erythroid bone marrow hyperplasia (red cell precursor/immature RBCs in the bone marrow may undergo an ↑ in size, usually in individuals living in high altitude)
Physiologic
hyperplasia
what cellular adaptation mechanism that usually occur in individuals living in high altitude
Physiologic hyperplasia
(reversible if they transfer to low altitude)
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
Graves disease
Pathologic
hyperplasia
*Graves disease is also described as diffuse crowding of epithelial cells
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
Endometriosis due to inc. estrogen
Pathologic
hyperplasia
State the cellular adaptation mechanism:
TB of cervical lymph nodes (↑ no. of lymph nodules)
Pathologic
hyperplasia
Involves transformation of adult cell type into another adult cell type
REVERSIBLE
Metaplasia
2 types of metaplasia
Epithelial Metaplasia
Mesenchymal Metaplasia
Cells involved in transformation from adult cell type to another adult cell type are epithelial cells
Epithelial Metaplasia
Cells involved in transformation from adult cell type to another adult cell type are connective tissue cells
Mesenchymal Metaplasia
Original tissue: Ciliated columnar epithelium of bronchi
Stimulus: ?
Metaplastic tissue: ?
Stimulus: Cigarette smoking
Metaplastic tissue: Squamous epithelium
Original tissue: Transitional epithelium of bladder
Stimulus: ?
Metaplastic tissue: ?
Stimulus: Bladder trauma
Metaplastic tissue: Squamous epithelium
Original tissue: Columnar glandular epithelium
Stimulus: ?
Metaplastic tissue: ?
Stimulus: Vit K deficiency
Metaplastic tissue: Squamous epithelium
Original tissue: Esophageal squamous epithelium
Stimulus: ?
Metaplastic tissue: ?
Stimulus: Gastric acidity (triggered by excessive coffee
Metaplastic tissue: Columnar epithelium
What is the affected tissue when a person is a persistent cigarette smoker? What will be the resulting metaplastic tissue?
Ciliated columnar epithelium of bronchi –> Squamous epithelium
What is the affected tissue when a person experienced a bladder trauma? What will be the resulting metaplastic tissue?
Transitional epithelium of bladder –> Squamous epithelium
What is the affected tissue when a person has Vit K deficiency? What will be the resulting metaplastic tissue?
Columnar glandular epithelium –> Squamous epithelium
What is the affected tissue when a person consumes excessive coffee causing gastric acidity? What will be the resulting metaplastic tissue?
Esophageal squamous epithelium –> Columnar epithelium
aka Dysplasia
Atypical metaplasia/
Pre-neoplastic lesion
aka Anaplasia
Dedifferentiation
No transformation; only change in cell size, shape, & orientation (cell arrangement)
May lead to cancer, but not necessarily
Dysplasia
Dysplasia: reversible or irreversible?
Reversible
Anaplasia: reversible or irreversible?
Irreversible
With transformation of adult cells into embryonic or fetal cells (young)
Anaplasia
T/F
Neoplasia is also considered as a cellular adaptation mechanism
FALSE
Causes of cell injury
Anoxia
Infectious agents
Mechanical agents
Chemical agents
No. 1 cause of cell injury
Anoxia (O2 deprivation) - can also lead to cell death
Type of injury wherein the affected cell may recover
Reversible Injury
Type of injury wherein the affected cell will never recover (further undergo cell death); considered as a point of no return
Irreversible injury
Duration for a hypoxic injury to be IRREVERSIBLE in neurons
3-5 minutes
Duration for a hypoxic injury to be IRREVERSIBLE in myocardial cells and hepatocytes
1-2 hours
Duration for a hypoxic injury to be IRREVERSIBLE in skeletal muscles
many hours
Gross changes that can be observed to assume that the cell injury is still REVERSIBLE
- Organ pallor/pale
- Increased organ weight
Earliest microscopic changes to assume that the cell injury is still REVERSIBLE
- Cellular swelling (reason for inc. wt) – 1st to occur
- Fatty degeneration
IRREVERSIBLE INJURY changes are due to
Enzymatic digestion of cells
Protein denaturation
To determine that the cell injury is IRREVERSIBLE, these cell parts are observed
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Cytoplasmic changes in irreversible injury
- Larger cells “cloudy swelling”
- ↑ eosinophilia (orange or bright pink cytoplasm)
Nuclear changes in
irreversible injury
- Pyknosis – nuclear condensation (small nucleus)
- Karyorrhexis – nuclear fragmentation/segmentation
- Karyolysis – dissolution of nucleus
ending of irreversible injury
CELL DEATH
PATTERNS OF CELL DEATH
Apoptosis
Necrosis
Physiologic (programmed) cell death
Apoptosis
Normal cell death for all cells except for permanent cells (neuron)
Apoptosis
Death of single cell in a cluster of cells
Apoptosis
Course of events in APOPTOSIS
Cell shrinkage →
Intact membrane integrity →
No leakage of cellular components →
NO INFLAMMATION
Course of events in NECROSIS
Cell swelling →
Non-intact membrane →
Leakage of cellular components →
INFLAMMATION
Pathologic (accidental) cell death
Necrosis
5 Chief morphologic features in apoptosis
- Chromatid condensation
- Chromatid fragmentation
- Cell shrinkage
- Cytoplasmic bleb formation
- Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells – removed by neighboring cells
TYPES OF NECROSIS
Coagulative
Liquefactive
Caseous
Fibrinoid
Fat
Gangrenous
Necrosis due to sudden cut off of blood supply (O2)/ischemia
Coagulative
necrosis
Hydrolytic enzymes’ action is blocked (lysozyme released upon cell death) in this type of necrosis
Coagulative
necrosis
MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE of coagulative necrosis
Preserved cell
outline, empty
(ghostly)
GROSS APPEARANCE of coagulative necrosis
Somewhat firm,
boiled-like
material
Coagulative necrosis is usually common in these organs
Solid organs (liver, kidneys, myocardial infarct)
Softening of organs due to action of hydrolytic enzymes
Liquefactive
necrosis
Complete digestion of cells
Liquefactive
necrosis
GROSS APPEARANCE of liquefactive necrosis
Soft, liquefied, creamy yellow
Liquefactive necrosis usually occur in these conditions
Brain infarct
Suppurative bacterial infection
Coagulative + Liquefactive
Caseous
necrosis
cheese-like
Caseous
necrosis
MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE of caseous necrosis
Amorphous granular debri surrounded by granulomatous inflammation
GROSS APPEARANCE of caseous necrosis
Greasy
resembling
“cheese”
Caseous necrosis is usually seen in these condition
TB
Fibrin deposition in vessel wall
Fibrinoid
Necrosis
MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE of Fibrinoid Necrosis
Thickened blood vessels
GROSS APPEARANCE of Fibrinoid Necrosis
NO GROSS changes!!!
Fibrinoid necrosis usually occur in this condition
Immune reactions of the blood vessels
Destruction of fat cells due to release of pancreatic lipases
Death of fat tissues (adipose cells) due to blood supply loss
Fat Necrosis
MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE of Fat Necrosis
Infiltrates of foamy macrophage adjacent to adipose tissues
GROSS APPEARANCE of Fat Necrosis
Chalky white precipitates
Fat necrosis usually occur in these condition
pancreatitis
Fat necrosis usually affect this organ
breast
Necrosis secondary to ischemia
Gangrenous
necrosis
NOT a specific pattern of necrosis
Gangrenous
necrosis
usually refer to a limb/lower extremity that has interrupted blood supply
Gangrenous
GROSS APPEARANCE of gangrenous necrosis
Skin is dry, black, and observed in various stages of decomp.
gangrene due to venous occlusion
Wet gangrene
gangrene due to arterial occlusion
Dry gangrene
type of gangrene:
foot embolism
DRY gangrene
type of gangrene:
suppurative bacterial infection
WET gangrene
Immediate tissue reaction to injury
INFLAMMATION
Ultimate goal of INFLAMMATION
- To remove the initial cause of injury
- To remove consequences of injury
5 Cardinal signs
rubor (redness)
calor (warmth/heat)
tumor (swelling)
dolor (pain)
functio laesa (loss of function/destruction of functioning units of the cell)
cardinal sign: pain
DOLOR
cardinal sign: redness
RUBOR
cardinal sign: heat
CALOR
cardinal sign: swelling
TUMOR
cardinal sign: destruction of functioning units of the cell/loss of function
FUNCTIO LAESA
Rapid response to an injurious agent
May progress to chronic inflammation if it fails to subside in several weeks
Acute
Inflammation
Hallmark signs of an acute inflammation
Exudation
Edema
escape of fluid, proteins, & blood cells from vascular system
Exudation
excess fluid in interstitial tissues and serous cavities
Edema
Cellular infiltrate in acute inflammation
NEUTROPHILS
Inflammation of prolonged duration
Occur from nonresolution of acute inflammation
Chronic
inflammation
Cellular infiltrate in chronic inflammation
MONONUCLEAR CELLS (macrophage, lymphocytes, plasma cells)
RESOLUTION OF INFLAMMATION
HEALING
TYPES OF HEALING
• Simple resolution
• Regeneration
• Replacement by a connective tissue scar
- No destruction of normal tissues
- Offending agent is neutralized
- Vessels return to their normal permeability state
- Excess fluid (edema) is reabsorbed
- Clearance of mediators and inflammatory cells
Simple resolution
Replacement of loss/necrotic tissues with a new tissue that is similar to those that were destroyed
Regeneration
Replacement of loss/necrotic tissues with a new tissue that is not that
similar to those that were destroyed
Replacement by a connective tissue scar
Death of the entire body
SOMATIC DEATH
Changes that can be observed immediately after death
Primary changes
Primary changes in somatic death
- CNS failure
- Respiratory failure
- Cardiac failure
Changes that can be observed few hours after death
Secondary changes
Secondary changes in somatic death
- Algor mortis
- Rigor mortis
- Livor mortis
- Post mortem clotting
- Autolysis
- Putrefaction
- Desiccation
cooling of the body
Algor mortis
stiffening of the body
Rigor mortis
post mortem
hemolysis
Livor mortis
Used to establish time of death
Algor mortis
(cooling of the body)
Algor mortis (cooling of the body) happens at a rate of _____
70ºF/hour
Algor mortis (cooling of the body) is FASTER in:
cold weather
lean malnourished individuals
Algor mortis (cooling of the body) is DELAYED in:
infectious diseases followed by ↑ temp.
Rigor mortis (stiffening of the body) STARTS ____ after death
2-3 hours
Rigor mortis (stiffening of the body) COMPLETES at ____ after death
6-8 hours
Rigor mortis (stiffening of the body) STIFFNESS REMAINS for ____ after death
12-36 hours,
persist for 3-4 days
Hasten rigor mortis (stiffness):
warm environment
in infants
Delays rigor mortis (stiffness):
cold temperature
obese individuals
Purplish discoloration of the skin
Livor mortis (post mortem hemolysis)
Sinking of fluid blood into capillaries of dependent body part
Livor mortis (post mortem hemolysis)
Determine if body position has changed at the scene of death
Livor mortis (post mortem hemolysis)
Occur slowly or immediately after death
Settling and separation of RBCs from the fluid phase
Post mortem clotting
Cell destruction due to the release of hydrolytic enzymes
Autolysis
Rotting and decomposition by bacterial action
Putrefaction
Drying and wrinkling of cornea and anterior chamber
Desiccation
examination of a dead body (NOT mandatory)
AUTOPSY/NECROPSY
aka AUTOPSY
NECROPSY
Main purpose of autopsy/necropsy
To determine cause of death
Most important requirement before performing autopsy/necropsy
Consent from the nearest kin
Autopsy types as to PURPOSE
Routine Hospital Autopsy – performed in hospital
Medico Legal Autopsy – performed by government agencies
Autopsy types as to COMPLETENESS OF PROCEDURE
Complete autopsy – examine the body from head to foot
Partial autopsy – examine only a few regions of the body
Autopsy types as to the MANNER OF INCISION
Y-shaped incision
Straight cut incision
cadaver is opened from both shoulders down from xiphoid area and incised down to pubis
Y-shaped incision
manner of incision usually done in adult cadaver
Y-shaped incision
manner of incision usually done in children/infant cadaver
Straight cut incision
cadaver is opened from the midline of the body from the suprasternal notch down to the pubis
Straight cut incision
4 AUTOPSY TECHNIQUES by:
Rudolf Virchow
Carl Rokitansky
Anton Ghon
Maurice Lettulle
Father of pathology
Rudolf Virchow
Organs are removed separately one by one, studied individually
technique by Rudolf Virchow
Cranial cavity →
thoracic cavity →
cervical region →
abdominal cavity
technique by Rudolf Virchow
Autopsy technique is quick and suitable for beginners (advantage)
technique by Rudolf Virchow
Autopsy technique that causes loss of continuity (disadvantage)
technique by Rudolf Virchow
“In-situ” dissection (no removal, dissection in original place), combined with en bloc removal
technique by Carl Rokitansky
advantage:
- Infected bodies
(HIV, hepa B) - Good in children
technique by Carl Rokitansky
disadvantage:
* Difficult to perform
technique by Carl Rokitansky
“En-bloc” removal of organs (removal of organs that belong to the same system)
technique by Anton Ghon
Cervico-thoracic, abdominal, pelvic organs are removed in 3 blocks
Neuronal system is removed as another block
technique by Anton Ghon
Advantage:
* Excellent preservation
* Handling of organs easier
technique by Anton Ghon
Disadvantage:
* Interrelationships are difficult to study; if disease is extending to all blocks
technique by Anton Ghon
“En masses” method
All organs are removed en masse and dissected as organ block
technique by Maurice Lettulle
Advantage:
* Organs interrelationships are preserved
* Body can be handed over quickly
technique by Maurice Lettulle
Disadvantage:
* Organs difficult to handle
technique by Maurice Lettulle
Process of tumor formation (abnormal proliferation of cells)
NEOPLASIA
New cells are produced but functionless and immortalized
NEOPLASIA
Practical remedy for NEOPLASIA
surgical removal of tumor → biopsy (to determine if benign or malignant)
PARTS OF TUMOR
- Parenchyma
- Stroma
neoplastic cells
Parenchyma
connective tissue framework; supplies blood supply to tumor → proliferation
Stroma
Types of tumor as to CAPACITY TO CAUSE DEATH
BENIGN TUMORS
MALIGNANT TUMORS
Slowly growing mass
BENIGN TUMORS
Rapidly growing mass
MALIGNANT TUMORS
Regular surface, capsulated, not
attached to deep structures
BENIGN TUMORS
type of tumor with irregular surface, non-capsulated, attached to deep surfaces
MALIGNANT TUMORS
Type of tumor noninvasive to another organ/tissues
BENIGN TUMORS
Invasive to other organs
MALIGNANT TUMORS
No spread or metastasis
BENIGN TUMORS
Spread and metastasis
MALIGNANT TUMORS
Well differentiated tumor
BENIGN TUMORS
Type of tumor that may be poorly differentiated, moderately or well differentiated
MALIGNANT TUMORS
tumor with NO recurrence after surgery
BENIGN TUMORS
Type of tumor with recurrence after surgery
MALIGNANT TUMORS
Tumor: No bleeding in cut surfaces
BENIGN TUMORS
Tumor: Bleeding from cut surfaces is common
MALIGNANT TUMORS
Named by adding suffix “-oma”
BENIGN TUMORS
Named by adding suffix
“sarcoma” or “carcinoma”
MALIGNANT TUMORS
Type of tumor with slight pressure effect on the
neighboring organ
BENIGN TUMORS
Type of tumor with remarkable pressure effect on neighboring tissue
MALIGNANT TUMORS
PURPOSE of grading tumor
To determine the percentage of differentiated and undifferentiated cells
Differentiated cells
Normal cells
Undifferentiated cells
Abnormal/neoplastic cells
Value of grading
- Guide for treatment
- Prognostic guide
Characteristics of cancerous cells:
- Many cells continue to grow and divide
- Variations in cell size and shape
- Nucleus is larger and darker than normal
- Abnormal no. of chromosomes arranged in a disorganized fashion
- Cluster of cells without a boundary
Used to grade tumor
BRODER’S CLASSIFICATION
Differentiated cells: 100-75%
Undifferentiated cells: 0-25%
GRADE I
Differentiated cells: 75-50%
Undifferentiated cells: 25-50%
GRADE II
Differentiated cells: 50-25%
Undifferentiated cells: 50-75%
GRADE III
Differentiated cells: 25-0%
Undifferentiated cells: 75-100%
GRADE IV
prognosis of tumor with LOWER grades
GOOD prognosis
amenable to surgery
prognosis of tumor with HIGHER grades
POOR prognosis
requires radical tx (chemo, rad)
Purpose of staging tumors
To determine the spread of cancer
Based on the size of primary lesions, extent of spread to regional lymph nodes and presence or absence of metastases
Used to STAGE tumors
TNM classification
T = Size of tumor
N = Number of lymph nodes involved
M = Presence/absence of metastasis
Make use of antigen antibody reactions by directly labeling of the antibody or by means of a secondary labeling method
Immunohistochemistry
Purpose of IHC
Identification of tissue or cellular antigens or phenotypic markers
In IHC, detected in cells is ____.
Antigen
Used as detector in IHC
Antibodies
Most common form of antibody used in IHC
IgG
Antibodies produced by different cells
Polyclonal Ab
React with various epitopes (part of antigen that reacts with an antibody)
Polyclonal Ab
May be obtained from laboratory animal sources
Polyclonal Ab
Main source of Polyclonal Ab
Rabbits (immunized to produced Abs)
Other sources of Polyclonal Ab
Goat
Pig
Sheep
Produced from individual clone of plasma cells – MORE SPECIFIC
Monoclonal Ab
Produces only 1 type of antibody and reacts with 1 specific type of epitope
Monoclonal Ab
Animal source of Monoclonal Ab
Mice
Used in labeling antibodies
Enzymes
Fluorochrome label
Radioisotopes
Colloidal metal/gold
Lectins
most widely used enzyme for labeling Ab
Horse Radish Peroxidase (HRP)
requires the use of CHROMOGEN (color developer)
HRP
Chromogen used in HRP
DAB (3,3’-Diaminobenzidine)
AEC (3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole)
Chromogen with BROWN as resulting color
DAB (3,3’-Diaminobenzidine)
Chromogen with BRICK-RED as resulting color
AEC (3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole)
alternative enzyme
Alkaline phosphatase
traditional counterstain used in labeling antibodies
hematoxylin
Optimum incubation time to link antibody with enzyme peroxidase
30-60 mins at RT
used in Fluorochrome label
FITC (Fluorescein Isothiocyanate)
Plant or animal proteins which can bind to tissue carbohydrate
lectin
Can also be used to detect antigens, can also be labelled like antibodies
lectin
specimens for IHC
Cryostat Frozen sections
Processed specimens (formalin-fixed/paraffin-embedded)
Must be fixed in a few seconds using absolute methanol or acetone
Cryostat frozen sections
used to fix cryostat frozen sections
absolute methanol
acetone
Purpose of fixation of Cryostat frozen sections
a) To prevent destruction of labile antigenic sites
b) To preserve antigen position
IHC specimen that requires antigen retrieval
Processed specimens
Processed specimens
Formalin-fixed
Paraffin-embedded
Methods of antigen retrieval from processed tissues
Proteolytic enzyme retrieval (PIER)
Microwave antigen retrieval/Heat Induced Epitope retrieval
Pressure cooking antigen retrieval
Autoclave heating
Waterbath heating (90ºC or 95-98º)
Steamer heating
Decloaker heating
Combination of microwave & enzyme digestion
most common method of antigen retrieval
Proteolytic enzyme retrieval (PIER)
commonly used in PIER
trypsin
protease
Duration of Microwave antigen retrieval/Heat Induced Epitope retrieval
20 minutes
not preferred method of antigen retrieval
Pressure cooking antigen retrieval
Tissue section with the antigen being detected
Positive control
To prepare, primary antibody is omitted from staining sched
Negative control
Contains the target antigen, not only in the tissue but also in adjacent tissue elements
Internal tissue control (Built-in control)
necrosis due to fungal infections? what are the examples?
Caseous necrosis
• Histoplasmosis
• Blastomycosis
• Coccidioidomycosis
site involved in DRY gangrene
limbs
site involved in WET gangrene
more common in bowel
mechanism of DRY gangrene
arterial occlusion
mechanism of WET gangrene
venous obstruction
Macroscopic appearance of DRY gangrene
dry
shrunken
black
Macroscopic appearance of WET gangrene
moist
soft
swollen
rotten
dark
Putrefaction in DRY gangrene
limited due to less blood supply
Putrefaction in WET gangrene
MARKED due to congestion of organ with blood
Line of demarcation: DRY gangrene
present
Line of demarcation: WET gangrene
no clear cut line
bacteria in DRY gangrene
fail to survive
bacteria in WET gangrene
numerous bacteria present
prognosis in DRY gangrene
better (due to septicemia)
prognosis in WET gangrene
POOR (due to toxemia)