Forest Huls, MD

My 2024 pumpkin (or Munchkin?) Whether you’ll be trick-or-treating with your adorably costumed kiddos, or carving an icon of existential terror into a fruit that will immediately rot on your front porch, or both…Happy Halloween!!! #pathology #pumpkincarving

Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?

@dfagan131 @quality_nguyen THANK YOU! How is it not obvious to everyone that instructing readers on the proper interpretation of results they *didn’t get* literally introduces a totally unnecessary risk of harming patients. It’s insane

@dfagan131 @quality_nguyen A get viscerally angry seeing reports that prominently feature a comment like “A negative result means…”, but the *actual* result (positive) is crammed into some weird spot near the top right due to some bizarre indent/tab scheme. I’ve seen it result in missed diagnosis

@dfagan131 @quality_nguyen Exactly. It’s best to have the actual result buried somewhere near the bottom in a smaller font size—still Courier obviously, to avoid clashing with the original typed copy of your 40 year old patient’s newborn screen. Makes it fun, like a high stakes treasure hunt

@HemepathUAMS @henrich_lobo Any chance there was an aspirate? I’d be interested to see what they looked like there, or in a touch prep

Anaplastic plasma cells mimicking atypical megakaryocytes shown on H&E and by CD138 immunohistochemical stain. @SCOPEPathology

@MattDavis Oof, I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you’re not prone to motion sickness

@ForestHulsMD Actually this has happened to me twice now

@mahrukhrizvi_MD @timricketts_ 🤯

@timricketts_ AKI due to torsion of the transplanted kidney after yoga 🧘‍♀️

What’s the most unusual diagnosis that you’ve made that turned out to be correct?

@TomVargheseJr @timricketts_ Unbelievable. Great catch

@timricketts_ A patient who had chronic hiccups since high school, and when we learned that the patient was a former gymnast, got an MRI demonstrating a herniated disc that was impinging on the phrenic nerve.

@sci_fictional @jtrebach Lol

@jtrebach According to movies, the patient should also gain the powers of a moth. Lives for ten days flying around a light.

A 50-year-old male presents to the ER with difficulty walking for several days. Exam shows ataxia, nystagmus, and dysarthria. The patient reports recently eating roasted caterpillar larvae. What do you think is going on?☠️🤔

@jtrebach @AmyHDeekenMD Whoa. That these larvae contain enough thiaminase to induce deficiency is indeed beriberi interesting. Thanks I’ll see myself out. [Turns on heel, steps directly into open manhole]

It occurs to me: this patient is not intubated. There’s no IV. The surgical field isn’t draped. His eyes are open. This isn’t an “operation”… it’s an autopsy

[Blasts air horn] Listen up! Stop what you’re doing and go see Everything Everywhere All At Once, by @Daniels—the most audacious, astonishing, hilarious, and perhaps above all else *poignant* movie you’ll ever see. Unbelievable. Incredible that it even exists. A triumph. So good

@toddigoldstein @TezzoSUZUKI Lol

@ForestHulsMD @TezzoSUZUKI At least it isn't Calibri <shudder>

starting a graphic design hardcore band called FULL BLEED who's with me?

@toddigoldstein @TezzoSUZUKI By convention, my diagnostic reports have to be formatted in Arial, so dozens of times a day I die a little inside

@ForestHulsMD @TezzoSUZUKI Classics!! Love that you have that armchair graphic design hobby, such a well-rounded doc 🩻

@toddigoldstein 🙌 (I just took this photo for you. It’s my desk at work, as I sit here typing this. Below the book of interest is my copy of Calendar 22 by @TezzoSUZUKI])

@ForestHulsMD MY MAN

@jacksparker Lol. This is where the onion shines brightest. Mundane universal experiences

@NickKuder @KennyVaden Lol

@ForestHulsMD @KennyVaden but I hate the happy birthday song.

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@NickKuder @KennyVaden Nick, how many times must I remind you: always wash your hands after playing with tapeworm eggs

@ForestHulsMD @KennyVaden