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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.
All of “Kurt’s Notes” in one file for download (compiled by Dr. Anastasia Mercurio, December 2024)
General
Molecular pathology (for surgical pathologists)
Illustrative Quotes (and Memes!)
Gastrointestinal Tract: Inflammatory/Medical
Inflammatory Patterns of the GI tract
Medication injury in the GI tract
Gastrointestinal Tract: Tumors
Appendix (Tumors and Inflammatory)
Lower Anogenital Squamous Tract (LAST)
Mesenchymal Tumors of the GI Tract
Liver, Bile Ducts, Gallbladder, and Pancreas
Bile Duct and Gallbladder Tumors
Donor Organ Frozen Section Evaluation
Cytology
Introduction to Cytology (Cyto Basics)
Neck lesions (includes cytology)
Thorax
Lung Cancer Diagnoses on Small Biopsies (condensed)
Mesothelial (Pleural & Peritoneal) Tumors
Heart Lesions (Neoplastic and Non-neoplastic)
Cardiovascular
Vascular diseases (non-neoplastic)
Heart Lesions (Neoplastic and Non-neoplastic)
Head and Neck
Squamous Mucosa of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract
Sinonasal and Nasopharyngeal Lesions
Medical (non-neoplastic) Thyroid
Central Nervous System (CNS)
CNS Tumor Concept Map (Link to Hematogones.com)
Soft Tissue and Bone
Bone and Joint Non-neoplastic Lesions
Breast
In Situ Lesions (Non-invasive)
Fibroepithelial and Spindle Cell Lesions of the Breast
Non-neoplastic: reactive and non-proliferative
Gynecologic
Benign endometrium (non-tumor)
Mesenchymal Tumors of the Uterus
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
Skin
Inflammatory Dermatopathology (Rashes)
Pediatrics
Small round blue cell tumors in kids
Genitourinary
Prostate Cancer Grading (condensed)
Adrenal and Paraganglia Tumors
Donor Organ Frozen Section Evaluation
Lymph Nodes and Bone Marrow
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.”