inflammation
Pleura - Adhesion
Can you separate visceral from parietal pleura in this section, even with a microscope? Can the terms adhesion and fibrosis, more or less, also be used interchangeably? Draw a line delineating the...
Organizing Pneumonia
Why is this called organizing? What are the common cells and structures seen in organizing inflammation in ANY part of the body? Can the terms organizing inflammation and granulation tissue be used...
Lung - Healed Granuloma
Why is this called healed? If this was active TB years ago, and it is now called healed, might you still expect to culture acid fast organisms from here? Can the terms fibrosis and scarring be used...
Bronchopneumonia With Micro-Abscesses
What is a microabscess defined as? Delineate an alveolus jam packed with neutrophils
Sarcoidosis
What is a classical profile with somebody with sarcoid? Why do may people, erroneously, regard sarcoidosis as granulomas in which no organisms can be cultured? Demonstrate a classical granuloma. What...
Empyema With Organized Granulation Tissue
What is the definition of empyema? Why might the term organized granulation tissue be redundant? Why might empyema and granulation be oxymoronic? Demonstrate fibrin. Demonstrate neutrophils. Demonstrate...
Early Pneumonia
Why might this be called the early stage of inflammation? Demonstrate at least two reasons why.
Diffuse Interstitial Fibrosis
Show a thickened interstitium next to a more normal thickness interstitium? Is this a non-specific finding in many chronic lung disease states? Name some common things which this might be associated...
Bronchopneumonia
What is the main differentiation between bronchopneumonia and lobar pneumonia? Where do broncho-pneumonias start? Why might this lung be heavier than normal? Why might there be fewer air bubbles when...
Lung - Acute Infarct - Septic
Why are true infarcts of the lung uncommon even with pulmonary emboli? Why might this one be called septic? Can you see bacteria?[if] Why might this be called a hemorrhagic infarct (rather than anemic...
Central Passive Congestion And Centrilobular...
Which part of the liver lobule becomes damaged first in oxygen/flow related injuries? (centrilobular or periportal) Which part of the liver lobule becomes damaged first in toxic related injuries? (centrilobular...
Liver - Cirrhosis 1
What TWO features are ALWAYS needed to diagnose all types cirrhosis? Demonstrate each one.
Acute And Chronic Cholangitis
Which parts of the cut sections of the liver show the inflammatory changes? What is the usual cause of cholangitis? Why might this be called acute and chronic from a histopathological point of view?...
Diffuse Cortical Necrosis
Draw a line between the necrotic cortex and the more viable appearing medulla. On which side of that line can nuclei be discerned more easily? Why?
Acute Tubular Necrosis
Show, in any way, shape, or form, a necrotic tubule. Name two or three most common causes of ATN.