Sunday, June 18, 2017

Adrenal gland

Normal adrenal gland. A parasympathetic ganglion is seen to the left. 


From left to right (outside inwards): Glomerulosa, fasciculata, reticularis, then some medulla, the same in reverse sequence to the right

Predominantly the fat, orange cells of fasciculata

Epidermal nevus

'Nevus' is a hamartoma of any element of skin.  So why not the epidermis itself?
Note the prominent papillomatosis, acanthosis and lamellated keratin

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A three year old child with weakness and bleeidng
Bone marrow
More bone marrow
Blasts
PAS

PAS; not the 'block' positivity in the center

MPO

Next generation sequencing: Part 1

 Imagine solving a puzzle with 100 pieces, each piece a centimeter in size, something like this: The genome is considerably larger than this...