SOUTH BAY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY

DIAGNOSES FOR THE MEETING OF MONDAY December 1st, 2008

 

 

SB 5231 Protothecosis (olecranon bursitis).

Diagnostic Tally: Protothecosis--unanimous.

 

 

SB 5232 Periductal stromal tumor

Diagnostic Tally: Angiosarcoma-2, periductal stromal tumor-20.

 

 

SB 5233 Inflammatory fibroid polyp

Diagnostic Tally: Inflammatory fibroid polyp—unanimous.

 

 

SB 5234 Secretory carcinoma

Diagnostic Tally: Sebaceous carcinoma—3, secretory carcinoma—30.

 

 

SB 5235 Pneumocystis and CMV pneumonitis

Diagnostic tally: PCP+CMV—unanimous.

 

SB 5236 Case postponed until next meeting. Supplemental cases presented:

a) Extramedullary hematopoiesis in axillary node, s/p neoadjuvant therapy, b) myeloma with intracytoplasmic crystals, c) Enterobius vermicularis (adult worm), d) localized necrotizing vasculitis, uterine wall, e) tyrosine crystals in pleomorphic adenoma.

 

 

SB 5237 Perineurioma of kidney

Diagnostic Tally: Liposarcoma—2, schwannoma—2, low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma—3, myxoma—3, ganglioneuroma—1.

 

SB 5238 EBV-associated smooth muscle tumor

Diagnostic Tally: Spindle cell lipoma—2, smooth muscle tumor—20.

 

 

SB 5239 Small lymphocytic lymphoma/CLL, interfollicular pattern

Diagnostic Tally: Mantle cell lymphoma—10, small lymphocytic lymphoma/CLL—10.

 

 

SB 5240 Pulmonary involvement by hyper-IgG4 disease.

Diagnostic Tally: Rosai-Dorfman—5, Churg-Strauss—3, Wegener’s granulomatosis—2, Hyper IgG4 disease—2.