Kassaye Firde MD

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Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) - High grade cytology with sharp transition from normal epithelium -p53 mutant- some can be null (don't scan at low mag only) -Ki67>10% (often >70%) Dr. Bell-A Practical Approach to a Range of Fallopian Tube Pathology #ISGyP #pathology #PathX

Milan category IV a , Neoplastic benign Pleomorphic adenoma The most common benign SG tumor Matrix containing tumor which appears as unique fibrillary stroma -magenta on DQ and cyanophilic on pap stain. Mixture of myoepithelial cells,ductal cells and stroma PLAG 1 Fusion orIHC

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma can present in many cytologic flavors. Here is one of them: single, discohesive spindle cells with granular, salt & pepper chromatin. #PathTwitter #MedTwitter #ThyroidFNA #HNPath #PathResidents #CytoFellow

Learn to differentiate fibroblast foci (this image) from fibroblast plugs (Masson bodies), or you will never learn to diagnose UIP and forever be "correlating" with CT findings. Don't misdiagnose UIP as organizing pneumonia! #pathology #pulmpath #uip

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Cercariform cell - Voided urine in a patient with hemeturia . Category VI Paris system for reporting urinary cytology.

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Oh my!! Biopsy of a protuberance in sigmoid colon. Don't forget to go on high power or do levels in a biopsy from lumps, bumps and humps. HG serous carcinoma, + for PAX-8/P53 (images) and WT-1 (not shown). Most helpful stain: history @PennPathLabMed #pathology #PathTwitter

Beware of bloody unsats #Paptest , Tumor cells hiding within diathesis

Just a cute "Cockle burr" (hematoidin crystals often seen in pregnant patients on a PAP test. (SurePath)

Lung resection for emphysema . What is the purple blob ? Any thoughts 💭

Frozen section of a lung nodule. I made a touch prep while the resident is preparing a slide Any thoughts ?

Great example of amoebic cysts identified on an anal pap smear. You can clearly see the bar-like chromatoid bodies in this case Remember, don't forget about your #PathCritters 🦠 #CytoPath #PathTwitter !

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Morphology is still the best tool to make Dx -believe your eyes ! Thin prep 20 x and 40x of a 47 year old female - dyskeratotic cells, fiber cells with some scattered high grade cells within a background containing diathesis -what more do you want to call it Squamous cell ca

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Let’s review IHC-molecular correlates in breast this week. Case of Radiation-Associated Angiosarcoma of Breast 🔬 Secondary angiosarcoma of breast shows MYC amplifications at locus 8q24.21. cMYC IHC can be used as surrogate marker in tough cases #PathX #PathTwitter #breastpath

Beautiful cytohisto correlation Endocervical adenocarcinoma in situation Hyperchromatic crowded groups Rosettes Feathering Nuclear crowding Histology: Hyperchromatic cells , apoptosis,mucin depletion and luminal mitosis P16 block positivity Ki67 over expression #pathtwitters