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anatomic & clinical pathology pgy-4 @BIDMC | interests in autopsy, laboratory medicine, public health, MedEd, research, advocacy | future forensic pathologist | views are mine |π¨π»ββοΈπ¬β οΈπ§ͺπ§«π¦ π
A bit of positive news today. FDA has just approved Lenacapavir for PrEP in the US. In clinical trials one injection every 6 months was close to 100% effective in preventing HIV transmission.
PrEP is for everyone who needs it.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
Delighted to share our recent publication on the state of Pathology Student Interest Groups in U.S. medical schools. Our study highlights current practices and proposes strategies for enhancing student involvement in pathology.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40031955/
#Pathology @clilleymd.bsky.social
Great read. Medical students have to first come out as pathologists to their faculty physicians (youβre so great with people, why??) and then subsequently come out to our own as future forensic pathologists (perceived less prestigious government job)
thepathologist.com/issues/2025/...
Photograph of a kidney bivalved to show a tumour in the upper pole with invasion into a large vessel in the renal sinus.
Shout out to the person who took this beautiful gross photo of a clear cell renal cell carcinoma invading a large renal vein branch in the renal sinus. A colleagueβs case #PathSky
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Image Challenge What is the diagnosis? Top: Photo of multiple blue-gray macules on the scalp, as well as an unhealed ulcer from trauma. Bottom: Dermoscopy-guided biopsy of four macules revealing scattered melanin-laden macrophages within the superficial and middle dermis without any evidence of residual melanoma.
An 84-year-old man with a history of melanoma of the right forehead complicated by in-transit metastases to the scalp presented to the dermatology clinic. 1/4
#MedSky #DermSky #Oncology
Case Report
Unearthing the Unexpected: First Report of Ossa Cordis in a Human Heart
journals.lww.com/amjforensicm...
#forensics #forensicpathology #forensicmedicine #pathology
"To condone policies that the profession knows will compromise healthβor to remain silent and look awayβis to be complicit in putting population health at risk"
To every university, every public hospital, every academic society: SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION. #medsky
Sickle cell trait β Sickle cell disease
Sickle cell trait (SCT) has been used inappropriately in cause of death, specifically in deaths in custody
Forensic pathologists and autopsy pathologists must work/advocate to refute SCT as mechanistic rationale
#EMIMCC #Medsky #Cardiosky #Pulmsky
www.pulmccm.org/p/a-response...
π¨ βWe conclude that there are no data to support the diagnosis of acute vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis as a cause of death in Sickle Cell Trait, nor does the available evidence support the use of SCT as a cause of exertion related death without rhabdomyolysisβ
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Ever wonder what 'clock face' chromatin looks like? Look for blotchy, dark areas around a nucleus.
This feature, along with eccentric nuclei and paranuclear hof (pale area near the nucleus), are essential for identifying plasma cells in blood films, aspirate, and histologic samples.
A potential pitfall! #Yikes #SclerosingAdenosis mimicking #LobularCarcinoma
Always π for myoepithelial cells which may have vacuolated cytoplasm. The last πΈ is smooth muscle actin.
#pathology
#pathsky
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Urine drug screens are some of the most inaccurate tests in medicine, that even healthcare professionals frequently misinterpret or just donβt understand.
Yet we let nonmedical/nonscientific people in politics and law enforcement use them to punish people and even take children from their mothers.
