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ENT Case 9. Sinonasal tract content.
•Diagnosis: encephalocele •Congenital or iatrogenic •Clinical team usually knows the diagnosis before the surgery •Occasionally...
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ENT Case 8. Sinonasal endoscopic surgery from a diabetic patient.
Diagnosis: invasive fungal sinusitis The findings can be subtle under microscope, with only small fragment of necrotic tissue: High...
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Cytopathology Case 1. Thyroid mass from an elderly patient.
cell block preparation: Diagnosis: metastatic lung adenocarcinoma to thyroid This case is challenging as the tumor cells demonstrating...
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Cytopathology. Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).
Nuclear features: Architectural features of PTC
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ENT Case 7. Nasal cavity mass from a middle-aged male patient.
Diagnosis: Meningothelial meningioma Extracranial Sinonasal Tract Meningiomas etiology: –Direct extension from primary intracranial...
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Feb 5, 20241 min read


ENT Case 6. Laryngeal mass from a middle-aged male patient.
PITFALL to avoid: this is not medullary carcinoma of thyroid. Diagnosis: neurocrine tumor, grade 1 of larynx NET from larynx is rare and...
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Bone and soft tissue Case 5. Thigh mass from a 4 YO patient.
The mass was biopsied and diagnosed at outside hospital as sarcoma. The patient was treated with chemoradiation, followed by amputation....
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ENT case 5. Parotid mass from a 40 YO male patient
Multiple neck lymph nodes are positive for tumor: Next generation squence showed EWSR1-WT1 fusion. Diagnosis: Desmoplastic Small Round...
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GYN Case 2. Hysterectomy from a young patient in 20s
•Diagnosis: epithelioid trophoblastic tumor
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GYN Case 1. Endometrial curretage from a 40 year old patient.
•Diagnosis: epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT) •ETT is a malignant neoplasm of chorionic-type intermediate trophoblast •The rarest of...
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