Respiratory Pathology

Clinical History This 47-year old woman was admitted with terminal carcinomatosis. On examination, a hard liver and a right pelvic mass were palpable. She had been ill with constitutional symptoms for months and she finally sought medical attention. She...

Clinical History A 55-year old female presents with severe dyspnoea, a productive cough and oral candidiasis. She is immunosuppressed with a history of rheumatoid arthritis being treated with steroids and cyclophosphamide. Sputum cultures grew...

Clinical History A 6-year old girl was admitted with a productive cough, dyspnoea and fevers. She became increasingly hypotensive and dies soon after admission. She had a previous history of recurrent pneumonia and meconium ileus. The clinical diagnosis...

Clinical History A 45-year old male presented with a lump in his left supraclavicular area. The swelling had been increasing in size over 6 months. Excision biopsy of the lump showed Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Ten months later he was readmitted with left...

Clinical History There is no clinical history for this specimen. Pathology The specimen is a parasagittal section of the right lung and the boundaries between the upper and lower lobes is clearly visible. The entire upper lobe is congested and pale grey...

Clinical History A 74-year old male presented with increasing shortness of breath and hemoptysis. Further history reveals 20kg weight loss in 6 months, night sweats and a chronic cough. He has recently moved from a country where TB is endemic. On...

Clinical History A 32-year-old female G3P0 (gravida 3, para 0 i.e., has had two pregnancies, with neither of the embryos surviving to a gestational age of 24 weeks) presents in preterm labor at 25 weeks gestation. The GP had noted an increased fundal...

Clinical History There is no clinical history for this specimen. Pathology The specimen is a parasagittal section of the left lung. There are patchy regions of focal consolidations and discolorations caused by congested and hyperemic lung tissue...

Clinical History There is no clinical history for this specimen. Pathology The specimen is a parasagittal section of the right lung and the boundaries between the three lobes are visible. The entire upper and middle lobes are congested and hyperemic*...

Clinical History This 47 year old woman was admitted with terminal carcinomatosis. On examination a hard liver and a right pelvic mass were palpable. She had been ill with constitutional symptoms for months and she finally sought medical attention. She...

Clinical History A 37-year old male patient presents with a 1-month history of lethargy, cough and weight loss. He had a history of an orchiectomy 18 months previous for a testicular tumor. Then 12 months post-op he underwent neck radiotherapy to treat...

Clinical History A 89-year old male presents with an episode of large hemoptysis. He has a history of diabetes and immunosuppression secondary to steroid treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Further history reveals a long history of cough, hemoptysis,...

Clinical History A 57-year old male presented with a 3-week history of cough and pleuritic left sided chest pain. Chest x-ray showed left upper lobe collapse with large left sided pleural effusion. Pleurodesis aspirated frank pus from the pleural cavity...

Clinical History A 60-year old male presents with a 6-week history of globus (i.e. the feeling of a lump in his throat) and dysphonia. On examination, he had enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Investigations discovered a laryngeal tumor. He underwent a...

Clinical History A 47-year-old male presents with a 13-month history of dysphonia and odynophagia at the level of his thyroid cartilage. He has a significant smoking history. Investigations revealed a laryngeal tumor. He received radiotherapy to the...