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*[[Aneurysmal bone cyst]]. | *[[Aneurysmal bone cyst]]. | ||
*[[Brown tumour]]. | |||
*[[Paget disease of bone]]. | |||
*[[Osteomyelitis]]. | |||
*[[Fibrous dysplasia]]. | |||
Benign - bone tumours: | |||
*[[Osteoid osteoma]]. | *[[Osteoid osteoma]]. | ||
*[[Osteoblastoma]]. | *[[Osteoblastoma]]. | ||
*[[Osteochondroma]]. | *[[Osteochondroma]]. | ||
Benign - cartilage: | Benign - cartilage: | ||
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Malignant - cartilage: | Malignant - cartilage: | ||
*[[Chondrosarcoma]]. | *[[Chondrosarcoma]]. | ||
Unusual genetic infiltrating conditions: | |||
*[[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]]. | |||
*[[Gaucher disease]]. | |||
===Femoral head=== | ===Femoral head=== | ||
Revision as of 05:00, 7 February 2012
The long power list is a collection of diagnoses based on site and pathologic characteristics. It builds on the short power list.
Site
Bone & cartilage
General
Benign - bone:
Benign - bone tumours:
Benign - cartilage:
Malignant - bone:
- Metastatic carcinoma.
- Plasma cell neoplasm.
- Osteosarcoma.
- Ewing sarcoma.
- Giant cell tumour of bone.
Malignant - cartilage:
Unusual genetic infiltrating conditions:
Femoral head
Benign:
Uncommon - benign (fracture):
- Trauma.
- Osteoporosis.
Uncommon - benign pediatric:
- Slipped femoral capital epiphysis (SFCE).
- Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome.
Uncommon - malignant (fracture):
Breast pathology
Benign - common:
- Normal.
- Fibrocystic change.
- Apocrine metaplasia.
- Columnar cell change.
- Fibroadenoma.
- Phyllodes tumour.
- Intraductal papilloma.
- Florid epithelial hyperplasia.
- Sclerosing adenosis.
Benign - uncommon:
- Flat epithelial atypia.
- Complex sclerosing lesion.
- Breast abscess.
- Breast with fat necrosis.
- Microglandular adenosis.
- Collagenous spherulosis.
- Lactational change.
- Diabetic mastopathy.
Non-invasive:
Invasive - epithelial:
- Invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast.
- Invasive lobular carcinoma.
- Papillary carcinoma of the breast.
- Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast.
- Invasive cribriform carcinoma of the breast.
- Tubular carcinoma of the breast.
- Medullary breast carcinoma.
- Mucinous breast carcinoma.
- Metaplastic breast carcinoma.
Invasive - non-epithelial:
Invasive - salivary gland-like:
Cardiovascular pathology
General
- Thrombosis (embolism).
- Vasculitis.
- Large vessel:
- Medium vessel:
- Small vessel:
- Amyloid deposition.
- Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis.
- Fibromuscular dysplasia.
Aorta
- Atherosclerosis.
- Aortic dissection.
- Cystic medial degeneration.
- Traumatic dissection.
- Mycotic aneurysm.
Cardiac valves
Aortic valve
Mitral valve
Tricuspid valve
Heart
Common - benign:
Uncommon - benign:
- Lipoma.
- Rhabdomyoma.
Uncommon - malignant:
Endocrine pathology
Thyroid gland
Benign:
Malignant:
- Papillary thyroid carcinoma, follicular variant.
Uncommon - malignant:
- Papillary thyroid carcinoma, columnar cell variant.
- Papillary thyroid carcinoma, tall cell variant.
- Medullary thyroid carcinoma.
- Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.
Adrenal gland
Benign:
- Adrenal cortical adenoma.
- Adrenal myelolipoma.
- Hemorrhagic adrenalitis (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome).
Malignant:
Gastrointestinal pathology
Appendix
Benign:
- Appendicitis.
- Periappendicitis.
- Crohn's disease.
- Normal.
Neoplasm:
- Neuroendocrine tumour.
- Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN).
Malignant:
- Mucinous adenocarcinoma.
Gallbladder
Benign:
Uncommon - pre-malignant:
- Intestinal metaplasia.
Uncommon - malignant:
- Adenocarcinoma.
Gastrointestinal polyp
Benign:
Pre-malignant:
Uncommon - pre-malignant:
Stomach
Benign:
- Helicobacter pylori gastritis.
- Intestinal metaplasia.
- Chronic gastritis.
- Acute gastritis.
Pre-malignant:
Malignant:
- Adenocarcinoma, intestinal type.
- Signet-ring cell carcinoma.
- GIST.
Duodenum
Benign:
- Normal.
- Celiac disease.
Pre-malignant:
Malignant:
- Adenocarcinoma.
Uncommon benign:
- Giardiasis.
- Whipple disease.
- MAI infection.
Liver
Benign:
Malignant:
- Metastatic adenocarcinoma.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma.
Uncommon benign:
- Autoimmune hepatitis.
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis, esp. in the context of UC.
- Primary biliary cirrhosis.
- Wilson's disease.
- Hereditary hemochromatosis.
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
Uncommon malignant:
Genitourinary pathology
Tumour kidney
Benign:
- Normal.
- Renal oncocytoma.
- Angiomyolipoma.
- Papillary adenoma.
Malignant:
- Clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
- Papillary renal cell carcinoma.
- Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.
- Urothelial carcinoma.
Uncommon - benign:
Medical kidney
Prostate gland
Benign:
- Normal.
- Chronic inflammation.
- Acute inflammation.
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (prostectomy diagnosis only).
Malignant:
- Acinar adenocarcinoma.
Uncommon - malignant:
- Ductal adenocarcinoma.
- Urothelial carcinoma.
Urinary bladder
Benign:
- Inverted urothelial papilloma.
- Cystitis cystica.
Pre-malignant/malignant:
- Urothelial dysplasia.
- Papillary urothelial carcinoma, low grade.
- Papillary urothelial carcinoma, high grade.
- Flat urothelial carcinoma.
Uncommon - benign:
Gynecologic pathology
Uterus
Benign:
- Fibroids.
- Adenomyosis.
- Atrophy.
- Uterine prolapse.
- Proliferative phase endometrium.
- Secretory phase endometrium.
Pre-malignant:
Malignant:
- Endometrial carcinoma.
- Endometrioid.
- Mucinous.
- Serous.
Uncommon - benign:
- Decidua (change of pregnancy).
Uncommon - malignant:
- Clear cell carcinoma.
- Carcinosarcoma.
Cervix - cytology
Benign:
- Normal.
- Candida.
- Endometrial cells.
- Atrophy.
Pre-malignant/malignant:
- LSIL.
- HSIL.
- Squamous cell carcinoma.
- Adenocarcinoma.
Uncommon - benign:
- HSV changes.
- Trichomonas.
Ovary
Benign:
- Serous cystadenoma.
- Mucinous cystadenoma.
- Mature teratoma.
- Endometriosis.
Malignant:
- Serous carcinoma.
- Endometrioid carcinoma.
- Mucinous carcinoma.
Uncommon - malignant:
Fallopian tube
Benign:
- Paratubal cyst.
- Tubo-ovarian abscess.
- Salpingitis.
- Ectopic pregnancy.
- Adenomatoid tumour.
Malignant:
- Serous carcinoma.
Uncommon - benign:
Head and neck
General
Benign:
Malignant:
Uncommon - malignant:
- Paraganglioma (carotid body tumour).
Salivary gland
Benign:
Malignant:
Uncommon benign:
Uncommon malignant:
- Acinic cell carcinoma.
- Polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma.
- Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma.
- Salivary duct carcinoma.
- Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma.
Lymph node
Benign:
- Normal/resting.
- Follicular hyperplasia.
Malignant:
- Metastasis, esp. carcinoma.
- Follicular lymphoma.
- Diffuse large B cell lymphoma.
- Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma.
- MALT lymphoma.
Pulmonary pathology
Benign:
- Normal.
Malignant:
Uncommon - benign:
- Tuberculosis.
- Sarcoidosis.
- Usual interstitial pneumonia.
- Solitary fibrous tumour - esp. pleural.
Uncommon - malignant:
Spleen
Benign:
- Trauma.
- Normal.
- Enlargement due to cirrhosis.
Malignant:
Pathologic characteristics
Non-skin tumours with skin
- Salivary gland tumours.
- Breast tumours.
Nuclear features
Pseudostratified nuclei
Tumours that commonly have pseudostratified nuclei:
Pseudoinclusions
Main article: Nuclear pseudoinclusions
Cytoplasmic features
Eosinophilic cytoplasm
- Squamous cell carcinoma.
- Oncocytoma/Oncocytic tumours.
- Apocrine tumours.
Clear cytoplasm
Main article: Clear cell tumours
Cells
Tumours with lymphocytes
- Seminoma.
- Acinic cell carcinoma.
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
- Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma.
- Medullary breast carcinoma.
Giant cells
Main article: Giant cell lesions
Many eosinophils
- Infection.
- Inflammatory fibroid polyp.
- Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Churg-Strauss syndrome.
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- Kimura disease.
Site specific:
- Eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) - skin.
Structures
Psammoma bodies
Main article: Psammoma bodies
Myxoid lesions
Main article: Myxoid lesions
Architecture
Classically nested
Stroma rich tumours
- Cholangiocarcinoma.
- Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Mesothelioma - lung.
- Hyalinizing trabecular tumour - thyroid.
- Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma - salivary gland.
Spindle cell lesions
Main article: Spindle cell lesions
Neuropathology
Frustration list
If the pathology isn't apparent...
- Angiosarcoma.
- Amyloidosis.
- Neurofibroma.
- Granular cell tumour.
- Pheochromocytoma.
- Plasma cell neoplasm.
- Adenomatoid tumour.
For CNS specimens:
Head & neck: