microscopic pathology

Question 1

Submitting samples to the lab

Answer 1

4 whats
what did you see
what did you do
what do you think
what do you want

Question 2

Elements of macroscopic description

Answer 2

distribution
color
outline
shape
demarcations
size
texture
consistency
extension

Question 3

modifiers of distribution

Answer 3

focal-is it there
focal extensive-compressing other organs
multifocal-likely coming from somewhere else
multifocal to coalescing-multiple and joining
diffuse-whole organ affected
unilater vs bilateral
bilateral symmetrical
milliary, disseminated, embolic, transmural

Question 4

Colors

Answer 4

white, red, yellow, grenn, black

Question 5

white

Answer 5

inflammation
necrosis
mineral
keratin
fibrosis
urates
lipids
bones

Question 6

red

Answer 6

hemorrhages
congestion
hypermia

Question 7

yellow

Answer 7

inflammation
bilirubin
fat
myelin decomposition
meconium
fibrin

Question 8

green

Answer 8

billiary pigments
eosinophilic inflammation
necrosis
algae or fungi
gemosiderin

Question 9

black

Answer 9

melanin
blood
necrosis
fascial spp. pigment
exogenous carbon

Question 10

Outline

Answer 10

raised/widened

Question 11

something was added

Answer 11

fuild: edema or hemorrhages
cells: inflammation, neoplasia, or normal elements
gas: usually bacterial

Question 12

depressed

Answer 12

something was removed
necrosis
hypoplasia/aplasia
atrophy

Question 13

shape

Answer 13

triangular
rhomboidal
spherical
amorphous
cavitated
linear

Question 14

iangular

Answer 14

usually has a vascular origin-tip of the triangle at an occluded vessel

Question 15

rhomboidal

Answer 15

also vascular origin

Question 16

spherical

Answer 16

vascular or systs

Question 17

cavitated

Answer 17

neoplasia with fibrosis
pox (central necrosis; peripheric hyperplasia

Question 18

linear

Answer 18

distention of a pre-existing anatomical structure