Grossly Speaking

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💫 Special Post-Junior Fellow Feature Monday 💫 Meet Taranjit Kaur (Thurr-en-jeet Core)! Taranjit is a current post-junior fellow (PJF) from Huntington Beach, CA. She completed her undergraduate studies at UCLA and is a current medical student at the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine. In her free time, Taranjit enjoys watching thriller movies, spending time with her cats and partner, cooking nutritious high-protein meals, and weightlifting. Her current favorite LA restaurant is North Italia. Taranjit is keeping an open mind and looks forward to narrowing down her interests by the end of the year! We’re excited to have her on our team and look forward to seeing all she accomplishes. Welcome to the UCLA Pathology, Taranjit! #FeatureMonday #MeetOurStudents #Pathology #Welcome #PathMatch #Path2Path #MedLife #MedicalStudent #PathX

EP 13 is out! @taranjit_kaur_ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3sZJIO…

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Listen to Grossly Speaking: EP11 What Is the UCLA Post-Junior Pathology Fellowship? A Conversation with Taranjit Kaur & Harnoor Galani open.spotify.com/episode/1rLxcn…

EP10 is out! Honored to feature Dr. Obeidin (@anisapling ) and highlight the Race to Cure Sarcoma LA happening this Sunday! Please sign up and share! Links: runsignup.com/losangelescure… Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5cvT9G… #SarcomaAwareness #GrosslySpeaking #UCLAPathology #BoneSoftTissue

🔬 Tissue Tuesday - Breast • Left breast stereotactic biopsy for microcalcifications • Finding: Focus of DCIS, measuring 2 mm • IHC: - Basement membrane preserved (SMM) - ER retained - CK5/6 lost - E-Cadherin preserved #TissueTuesday #BreastPath #PathTwitter #GrosslySpeaking

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🔬 Tissue Tuesday: Head & Neck - 1 cm laryngeal mass → poorly differentiated SCC - Risk factors: smoking + EtOH - p16 positive: ordered to rule out oropharynx; prognostic in oropharynx (not reliable in larynx) #TissueTuesday #HeadAndNeckPath #PathTwitter #GrosslySpeaking

EP8 is out! @taranjit_kaur_ chats with Dennis Strenk — PA, AAPA leader, and founder of the @peopleofpath Podcast (ranked #2). Dennis reflects on his journey to the PA profession, lessons learned from 200+ episodes, and shares insights into the future of grossing.

🔬 Tissue Tuesday – Head & Neck - Cervical lymph node biopsy - Metastatic poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma - HPV-16 positive - Oropharyngeal primary - Oral HPV infection → oropharyngeal cancer → cervical node spread #GrosslySpeaking #TissueTuesday #HeadandNeckPath

🔬 Tissue Tuesday – GI - Left colon mass: Colon adenocarcinoma - Tumor necrosis in glands - Nuclear pleomorphism - Crowded, irregular glands #TissueTuesday #GIPath #PathTwitter #GrosslySpeaking

🔬 Tissue Tuesday: invasive ductal carcinoma, high grade - Tumor: 4.2 cm - Positive margin on lumpectomy - SLN: 2.2 cm metastasis, no extranodal extension - Pan-cytokeratin IHC highlights isolated tumor cells - LVI (last image) #TissueTuesday #BreastPathology #GrosslySpeaking

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🔬 Tissue Tuesday: Bladder Biopsy, Posterior Wall - Frozen: No malignancy, inflamed urothelium - Permanent: No malignancy, reactive urothelium, acute & chronic cystitis, and thin detrusor muscle - Chronic inflammation can mimic malignancy #TissueTuesday #GUPath #GrosslySpeaking

🔬 Tissue Tuesday - Rectosigmoid mass biopsy: invasive moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma - Fused glands, mitoses, pleomorphism, hyperchromasia ⚠️ Per NCI, colon cancer is rising as a major cause of cancer mortality in younger individuals. #TissueTuesday #GrosslySpeaking

🔬 #TissueTuesday: Ampullary Carcinoma - Arises where the bile and pancreatic ducts meet the duodenum. - Most are adenocarcinomas, either intestinal (CDX2+) or pancreatobiliary (MUC1+, CK7+). #Tissuetuesday #gipath #grosslyspeaking #PathTwitter

#TissueTuesday - Female with pelvic pain underwent hysterectomy and adenomyosis was noted - Incidental finding: Benign Brenner tumor in the right ovary📍 - Nests of transitional-type epithelium in dense fibrous stroma #Pathology #GynePath #TissueTuesday #GrosslySpeaking

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🔬 #TissueTuesday — Renal - Clear cell renal cell carcinoma on partial nephrectomy - Clear cytoplasm and delicate vessels - ISUP grade 2 - Most common RCC (VHL-linked) - Classic look, solid prognosis if organ-confined #RenalPath #TissueTuesady #PathTwitter #GrosslySpeaking