Pathology and food

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Pathology and food is strange combination.

Gross pathology

  • Strawberry gallbladder = cholesterolosis of gallbladder.
  • Chocolate cyst = endometriosis.[1]
  • Sugar-coated spleen = hyaloserositis of the spleen.
  • Apple core lesions = circumferenial gastrointestinal tumour (usually sigmoid colon).
    • AKA "napkin-ring" obstructions.[2]
  • Nutmeg liver = congested liver.

Microscopic

See also

References

  1. Giudice LC (June 2010). "Clinical practice. Endometriosis". N. Engl. J. Med. 362 (25): 2389–98. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1000274. PMID 20573927.
  2. Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 433. ISBN 978-1416054542.