Introduction to Histopathology

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Squamous cell carcinoma - lung

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Barrett’s oesophagus - oesophagus becomes damaged by acid reflux, which causes the lining to thicken and become red

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Fibroadenoma - breast

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Use physiologic function - lungs - involved in gas exchange = lots of air spaces

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Small intestine - absorption, folds (villi) for inc SA

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Tonsil - stratified squamous epithelium

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Bursa (bird) - pseudostratified columnar epithelium or simple columnar

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Thymus (no epithelium) - thin connective tissue layer

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Lymph node - capsule and subcapsular sinus - where antigens processed + transported

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Spleen - thick smooth muscle capsule

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Where is the problem?

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Where is the problem?

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Where is the problem?

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Pathological processes (5)

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Disturbance of growth - describing neoplasms, features, cell types

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Hypertrophy - cells too big (not neoplastic), pale columnar epithelium in fish thyroid gland

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Atrophy - cells too small, mammal skeletal muscle. E.g. When liver shrinks, more obvious vascular sinusoids between hepatocytes

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Inflammation

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Inflammation

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Inflammation

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Inflammation

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Neutrophilic (suppurative) inflammation

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Granulomatous inflammation

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Cell death

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Cell death features (9)

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Types of necrosis (3)

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Necrosis

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Types of vascular disturbances (5)

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Haemosiderin (brown)

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Muscle - mineral (gritty, basophilic)

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Haematoidin (yellow)

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Cholesterol (clear clefts)

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Melanin (brown-black)