Cases

Cases, also learning with simulated cases and interactive cases, is a part of onlinepathology that is focused on individual specimens.

The cases presented usually do not exactly mirror the details behind the pictures. The reason they aren't exactly like real life is: real life often isn't a good test, e.g. if the requisition say Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and the specimen is polyps... it isn't hard to diagnose the Peutz-Jeghers polyps.

Objective

The objective here is to simulate the decision making in pathology practise.

There are opportunities to look for more history, order special stains, order immunostains, order molecular testing for translocations, and ask a colleague -- before clicking on diagnosis to see if one is correct.

Cases

Case #	Tease	Subspecialty
Case 1	enlarged inguinal lymph node	Lymph node pathology
Case 2	duodenal mass	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 3	renal mass	Genitourinary pathology
Case 4	renal mass	Genitourinary pathology
Case 5	cerebellar mass	Neuropathology
Case 6	testicular mass	Genitourinary pathology
Case 7	cervical lymphadenopathy	Lymph node pathology
Case 8	cervical mass	Gynecologic pathology
Case 9	brown esophageal ulcers	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 10	colon biopsy - diarrhea	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 11	pons - multi-organ dysfunction and stroke	Neuropathology
Case 12	colon biopsy - diarrhea	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 13	renal mass	Genitourinary pathology
Case 14	terminal ileum - hematochezia & diarrhea	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 15	duodenum - older man, weight loss	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 16	elbow lesion	Dermatopathology
Case 17	colonic polyp	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 18	dome-shaped papules	Dermatopathology
Case 19	vas deferens	Genitourinary pathology
Case 20	failure to progress	Placental pathology
Case 21	thyroid mass in young woman	Endocrine pathology
Case 22	parotid mass	Head and neck pathology
Case 23	6 month old with chronic diarrhea	Pediatric pathology
Case 24	breast of a young man	Breast pathology
Case 25	breast mass	Breast pathology
Case 26	bladder mass	Genitourinary pathology
Case 27	skin with brown patches	Dermatopathology
Case 28	woman with dyspnea	Pulmonary pathology
Case 29	atrial mass	Cardiovascular pathology
Case 30	anasarca and renal failure	Medical kidney pathology
Case 31	scalp lesion	Dermatopathology
Case 32	sudden death	Cardiovascular pathology
Case 33	aortic valve mass	Cardiovascular pathology
Case 34	"appendicitis"	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 35	RLQ abdominal pain with nausea & vomiting	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 36	routine pap test	Cytopathology
Case 37	left arm lesion	Dermatopathology
Case 38	screening colon	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 39	colonic polyp	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 40	stomach with large polyp	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 41	parotid mass	Head and neck pathology
Case 42	parotid mass	Head and neck pathology
Case 43	parotid mass	Head and neck pathology
Case 44	placental lesion - white	Placental pathology
Case 45	large ovarian mass	Gynecologic pathology
Case 46	painful lesion, buttock	Soft tissue pathology
Case 47	face lesion	Dermatopathology
Case 48	colon lesion	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 49	eroded GI lesion	Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 50		Gastrointestinal pathology
Case 51	thyroid mass	Head and neck pathology
Case 52	left lung mass	Pulmonary pathology
Case 53	right lung bx	Pulmonary pathology
Case 54	left lung bx/HIV	Pulmonary pathology
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See also

• Case how-to.
• Case:Notes