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Below are my notes for a range of conditions commonly encountered by surgical pathologists and cytopathologists.  I developed these as teaching aides for my resident didactic sessions and trainees at the University of California, Davis. 

My suggestions on wording for streamlined, user-friendly diagnostic report write ups can be found here
Flashcards based on these notes can be found here.

All of “Kurt’s Notes” in one file for download (compiled by Jiejun Wu June 2023)

 

Gastrointestinal Tract:  Inflammatory/Medical

Inflammatory Patterns of the GI tract

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Medication injury in the GI tract

GI infections

Hirschsprung Disease

Congenital lesions/disorders

 

Gastrointestinal Tract:  Tumors

Esophagus Tumors

Stomach Tumors

Colon Polyps

Colon Cancer

Appendix  (Tumors and Inflammatory)

Anal Tumors

Lower Anogenital Squamous Tract (LAST)

Mesenchymal Tumors of the GI Tract

GI Tumor Syndromes

GI Neuroendocrine Tumors

 

Liver, Bile Ducts, Gallbladder, and Pancreas

Medical Liver

Liver Tumors

Pancreas Tumors

Bile Duct and Gallbladder Tumors

Donor Organ Frozen Section Evaluation

 

Cytology

Cytology Basics

Cervical Cytology

Effusion Cytology

Urine Cytology

Thyroid Cytology

Pancreatobiliary Cytology

Respiratory Cytology

Neck lesions (includes cytology)

 

Thorax

Lung Tumors

Lung Cancer Diagnoses on Small Biopsies (condensed)

Medical Lung

Pleural & Peritoneal Tumors

Mediastinum Tumors

Heart Lesions  (Neoplastic and Non-neoplastic)

 

Cardiovascular

Vascular diseases (non-neoplastic)

Heart Lesions (Neoplastic and Non-neoplastic)

 

Head and Neck

Salivary Gland Tumors

Squamous Mucosa of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract

Sinonasal and Nasopharyngeal Lesions

Thyroid & Parathyroid tumors

Medical (non-neoplastic) Thyroid

Neck Lesions

Jaw Lesions

Ear Lesions

 

Central Nervous System (CNS)

CNS Tumors

CNS Tumor Concept Map  (Link to Hematogones.com)

CNS Synaptiq Flashcards

 

Soft Tissue and Bone 

Soft Tissue Tumors

Bone Tumors

Bone and Joint Non-neoplastic Lesions

 

Breast

In Situ Lesions (Non-invasive)

Invasive Breast Carcinoma

Papillary Lesions 

Fibroepithelial and Spindle Cell Lesions of the Breast

Non-neoplastic: reactive and non-proliferative

Diseases of the Nipple

 

Gynecologic

Vulva

Cervix

Ovary and Fallopian Tube

Benign endometrium (non-tumor)

Endometrial tumors

Mesenchymal Tumors of the Uterus

Placenta

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

 

Skin

Melanocytic tumors

Epithelial Tumors

Dermal Tumors

Inflammatory Dermatopathology (Rashes)

 

Pediatrics

Small round blue cell tumors in kids

 

Genitourinary

Medical Kidney

Kidney Tumors

Bladder Tumors

Prostate Tumors

Prostate Cancer Grading (condensed)

Testicular Tumors

Adrenal and Paraganglia Tumors

Donor Organ Frozen Section Evaluation

 

Lymph Nodes and Bone Marrow

Lymph node, Non-lymphoma

 

Disclaimer: These guides are produced by Kurt Schaberg primarily for studying purposes based on my reading. They represent a distillation and edited compilation of a broad range of resources created by other dedicated individuals, including edited text, criteria, hints, and figures from a variety of resources, including books (particularly the WHO Classification of Tumours series for tumors), scientific literature, websites, and social media. These are meant to be educational in a non-profit teaching lecture-like “fair use” context for the trainees at the University of California, Davis.  Some components may closely reflect a variety of source material to retain their educational essence. If you would like me to remove any material that you feel I have unfairly used or characterized, please let me know and I would be happy to work with you to remove it.  My goal is only to teach and share my joy of pathology and I make no money from this website (in fact, it costs me money ;-).

Although I try to keep them as accurate and up to date as possible, errors may exist. These should not be used for medical advice. As Dr. Bob Rouse (a mentor of mine while I trained at Stanford at the VA in Palo Alto, CA) would say: “Ein Buch ist ein Spiegel, aus dem kein Apostel herausgucken kann, wenn ein Affe hineinguckt.”