Skeletal System
(1) Department of Pathology Beckley Veterans Medical Center (West Virginia), McGuire Veterans Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA Overview During the embryonal stage, two types of ossification…
Lung and Pleura
(1) Department of Pathology Beckley Veterans Medical Center (West Virginia), McGuire Veterans Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA Lung Key Morphological Features of Well-Differentiated Adenocarcinoma Ragged glandular/papillary…
Nervous System
(1) Department of Pathology Beckley Veterans Medical Center (West Virginia), McGuire Veterans Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA Review of Pertinent Histology and Physiology of Peripheral Nerve…
Rectal Cancer
1.1 Contour of rectum (pale yellow) and anal canal (green). Radiopaque marker seen in the anal canal (3.3 cm long) and visualization of the anal margin (not contoured). The rectum appeared…
Spinal Cord Tumors
Fig. 3.1 Sagittal T1-weighted (a) and T2-weighted images (b) through the cervical and upper thoracic spine. Normal marrow shows high signal on T1 imaging (red arrow) reflecting the presence of…
Base of the Skull and Orbit Tumors
Anatomical structure Localisation Diagnosis Anterior cranial fossa Dura, olfactory fibres/olfactory stem cells Cribriform plate Meningioma of the olfactory groove, esthesioneuroblastoma Dura Sphenoidal plane/clinoid process, sphenoid wing, orbital roof Meningioma Bony…
Breast Cancer
– pN0 pN+ RT No RT RT No RT 10-year any recurrence 15.6 % 31.0 % 42.5 % 63.7 % Absolute gain 15.4 % 21.2 % 2p < 0.00001 2p = 0.00001 15-year any death…
Liver Tumors
Fig. 6.1 Illustration of the eight liver segments in selected slices of the liver from in a transversal CT scan. Numbers indicate the respective segments of the liver The grouping…
