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Surgical Pathologist @MethodistHosp . #GUpath #RenalPath . Photography and #PathArt enthusiast. Tweets do not equal medical advice.

Houston, TX
Joined June 2016
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5 years
New Path Residents: Check out this Grossing Atlas with nearly 150 real gross specimens, sample dictations and tips. Written by Monica Lemos, an experienced PA and teacher at @MethodistHosp Book will be out in August, and you can pre order from Springer or Amazon. #grosspath
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Prostate cancer...or...benign prostatic hyperplasia? ➡️Answer: Prostate cancer, pseudohyperplastic (One clue: nucleoli in the high mag image!) #GUpath #pathology #prostate #oncology #urology
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Pathology is rich in patterns, colors, and visual beauty: "Pathology Patterns" ~ #PathArt 🔬🎨📷
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"Network" ~ Epidermis rete and dermal papillae in cross section ~ #histology #dermatology #dermpath #pathart
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Keratin Pearl ~ #Pathology #PathArt
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Corpora Amylacea - Prostate #PathArt #GUpath
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Labeled layers of an arterial wall ~ #histology #pathology #cardiovascular
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Corpora Amylacea ~ "Gems" 💎 #PathArt (A collage of more than 150 images collected from over 20 prostates) #GUpath #histology #pathology #PathTwitter #histology #BioArt #SciArt #microscopy #medicine #photography #MedEd
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Geometry 📐⏹️ ~ Small Bowel Villi ~ #PathArt
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Foamy Histiocytes ~ 🧼 #PathArt
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Thyroid? Actually, thyroidization. #PathArt #RenalPath
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"From Another World" 🛸 ~ Pacinian corpuscle #PathArt
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Respiratory Ciliated Epithelium ~ #PathArt #histology
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A corpus amylaceous moon rising above prostate gland hills? #PathArt
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Cartilage and Woven Bone ~ Duo 🔴🟣 #PathArt
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Hyperplastic Colon Polyp ~ like stars ✴️⭐️ #PathArt
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🔬Colonic crypts with/without dysplasia in a colonic Tubular Adenoma ~ #GIpath #PathologyBasics #PathArt
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Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma ~ Pale cells, plant like cell membranes, thin fibrovascular septa... And (if you look more closely at this picture!) binucleation and wrinkled "raisinoid" nuclei #GUpath #kidneycancer #PathTwitter #pathology #pathtopath #pathologyresidency
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"Saponification" Fat Necrosis in Pancreatitis #PathArt
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Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma (classic type) ~ #GUpath
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Papillary Renal Neoplasm with Reverse Polarity ~ #GUpath #PathArt
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High Grade Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma ~ #GUpath
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Pigmented neurons of the substantia nigra ~ 🧠🔬 #neuropath #neurology #histology #pathology
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"Sunrise" Stratum Lucidum - #PathArt
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"Hyperplastic" - Epithelium in a gastric hyperplastic polyp ~ #GIpath #PathArt
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#PathologyBasics 🧑‍🏫 Can you name the layers of the epidermis? 👇 #dermpath #dermtwitter #pathtopath #histology
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High grade PIN (top) versus normal prostate glands (bottom) ~ #GUpath
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Mucinous Fibroplasia ~ one of the pathognomonic findings for prostate cancer #GUpath #pathology #prostate
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The most detailed image of a peripheral nerve I've been able to take. A very fortunate section and digitally enhanced for even more clarity from the original. Look at those myelin sheaths! 🔬📷 #PathArt #histology #HistoArt #neuropath #neurology #neuroscience #pathology #bioart
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Duodenum "The Maze" ➡️⬅️➡️⬇️ #PathArt
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Cerebellum Layers 🧠~ #PathArt I am not a neuropathologist, but I can certainly appreciate the beauty of cerebellum #histology , especially the Purkinje neurons! #neurotwitter #neuropath #neuroscience #microscopy #sciart #bioart #PathTwitter
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"Bubbles in the Sky" #PathArt (Thyroidized kidney tubules next to a large branch renal artery wall)
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A poem for International Pathology Day 🔬🥼🧪 And why I ❤️ my job!
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Gout 🧑‍🏫: On H&E stain, acellular feathery pale material (peripheral portions of the picture) around which are histiocytes and giant cells (central portion of the picture) ~ #BSTpath #gout #dermpath #dermatology #pathology #PathTwitter #MedEd #histology #PathArt
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#PathologyBasics 🧑‍🏫~ New Pathology Residents and Aspiring Pathologists: *Pleomorphism* is defined as variation in cellular size. These cancer cells are greatly different in individual size, some of the larger ones obviously more than 3x the smaller ones. @RoTriad #PathTwitter
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Eosinophilic Variant of Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma ~ #GUpath
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Daisies ~ 🌼 #PathArt
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Blood Vessel ~ #PathArt
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Renal Cell Carcinoma with Fibromyomatous Stroma #GUpath #KidneyTumors ~ Notice differences from conventional clear cell RCC: The distinct arrangement of clear cells with branching, infolding tubules or papillae. Also cells with voluminous cytoplasm and distinct cell boundaries.
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Nerve: "The Wave" 🌊 #PathArt
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Corpus Amylaceous #PathArt
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Eosinophilic granules in clear cell renal cell carcinoma - #GUpath #kidney #pathology #PathTwitter #PathX
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The beautiful #histology of a Pacinian Corpuscle ~ Concentric fibrous lamellae surrounding a central sensory nerve ending (pink dot in the center). You can even see tiny capillaries in the center and between lamellae. #dermpath #neuroanatomy #anatomy #pathology #PathArt
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Clear Cell Papillary Renal Cell Tumor ~ #GUpath #pathology
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"Mosaic Tiles" ~ Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma #PathArt
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Signet Ring Cells ~ #Pathology #PathArt
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~ Keratin Tempest ~ #PathArt Keratin at the surface of normal skin. Closeup with a 60x objective lens. #BeautyInBenign #microscope #histology #pathology
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Urothelial carcinoma in situ (CIS)... Easy giveaway are BIG nuclei. Notice the size difference between CIS nuclei (left) and benign nuclei within an adjacent von Brunn nest (right). #GUpath #bladdercancer #pathology
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Just Hyaline Cartilage ~ Never ceases to inspire me to take a photo #PathArt
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Tumor in Flames 🔥 ~ Post-therapy necrotic tissue in a hepatocellular carcinoma #PathArt
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Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma ~ #GUpath
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Renal Amyloidosis ~ #RenalPath #kidney
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Up to no good ~ Lymphovascular invasion of a colonic adenocarcinoma #Pathology #GIpath
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Alveolar hemosiderin laden macrophages ~ 🫁🫀 #autopsy #cardiovascular #pulmpath #pathology #cardiopath
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Renal Tumor – Your Diagnosis? 👇 Typical oncocytoma…but…cytoplasmic vacuoles. SDH-intact. See below for more IHC and EM... Thoughts? Anyone seen other cases? Our case report: #GUpath #Renal #KidneyTumors @GU_Path_Society @anoistics @MarcosLepeMD
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Tubular Adenoma ~ #GIpath #PathArt
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Pancreatic Acinar Cells (PAS stain) ~ #histology #pathology #histoart #pathart
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"Malevolent Pearls" ~ Keratinizing SCC #PathArt
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Bubbles of Thyroid Colloid ~ #PathArt
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Foamy Gland Pattern Prostatic Adenocarcinoma ~ #GUpath #ProstatePathology #Pathology ➡️ Xanthoma-like (foamy) cytoplasm ➡️ Small pyknotic looking nuclei (may be deceptive!) ➡️ Gleason grading is still done based on architectural pattern
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Sebaceous Cells 🫧 #PathArt
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Vas Deferens Epithelium ~ #PathArt
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Rhabdoid cells in a renal cell carcinoma ~ #GUpath #pathology
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Papillary Fibroelastoma - Avascular papillary cores containing elastic fibers, and lined by single layer of endothelial cells #cardiacpath #CVpath #hearttumor #pathology #histology
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Tumor Budding in Colonic Adenocarcinoma ~ #GIpath #pathology #coloncancer
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High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (HG-PIN) as a "forest" 🌲🌲 #PathArt
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Paneth cells at the base of small bowel crypts ~ #GIpath #histology #pathology #PathTwitter #PathArt
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"Ripples" ~ A Nabothian Cyst ~ #PathArt #GYNpath
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Bone marrow embolus in a small pulmonary artery ~ #pathology #pulmpath #lung #autopsy
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Cartilage Storm #PathArt
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Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS) ~ #BreastPath #pathology
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Duodenal Mucosa, Cytokeratin IHC ~ #PathArt
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Pathology Basics 🧑‍🏫 ~ Benign prostate glands: Large complex lumens, no nuclear enlargement or nucleoli, can contain corpora amylacea (my favorite!), and most importantly have a basal cell layer... (1/2) #GUpath #ProstateCancer #pathtopath #MedEd #PathTwitter #Pathmatch24
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Hepatic steatosis (left side of image) and sinusoidal congestion (center to right side of image) ~ #LiverPath #GIpath #pathology #hepatology
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Ganglion cell bodies looking back at you with their big nuclei and big nucleoli 👀 #PathArt #BeautyInTheBenign #histology
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Colloid scalloping in a thyroid with Graves disease ~ #endocrine #pathology #thyroid #PathArt
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Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma (ChRCC) ~ #GUpath How many histologic features of ChRCC can you identify in this picture? 👇 What are other features of ChRCC? #kidneycancer #renal #pathtwitter #MedEd #pathtopath
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This one for upcoming and aspiring pathology residents! "Cribriform" = pierced by many small holes or a sieve-like architecture. Here, an image of cribriform prostatic carcinoma. What are other examples of cribriform architecture in pathology? (comment below) #PathtoPath #PathArt
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Ameloblastoma ~ #Pathology #ENTpath
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Keratin ~ #PathArt
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#PathologyBasics 🧑‍🏫 Low grade dysplasia in a colonic tubular adenoma = Hyperchromatic, elongated, and pseudostratified nuclei #GIpath #PathTwitter #histology #pathtopath #MedEd
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Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN) ~ #GIpath #appendix #pathology #PathArt
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Extramammary Paget Disease ~ #GYNpath #dermpath #pathology
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#PathologyBasics 🧑‍🏫 Mature (Tertiary) Placental Villi ~ small, with syncytial knots. Fetal blood inside villi in capillaries, maternal blood in inter-villous spaces. #GYNpath #placenta #pedipath #histology #pathtopath #MedEd #PathTwitter
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Spermatocytic Tumor ~ 🔬 #GUpath Remember 3 cell populations and sizes ◾️⬛️▪️ ➡️ Giant cells (like the big one in the middle of picture!) ➡️ Small cells (fewer, smallest, dense chromatin look like lymphocytes!) ➡️ Intermediate cells (the rest, most of the cells in the picture)
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Pacinian Corpuscle ~ #PathArt
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A tangential cut through respiratory epithelial cells of a nasal sinus...unexpected but pleasantly surprising #PathArt
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