Pathology and food
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); also known as "napkin-ring" obstructions.[2]
- Nutmeg liver = congested liver.
Microscopic
- Salt-and-pepper chromatin = stippled chromatin (characteristic of neuroendocrine tumours).
See also
References
- ↑ Giudice LC (June 2010). "Clinical practice. Endometriosis". N. Engl. J. Med. 362 (25): 2389–98. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1000274. PMID 20573927.
- ↑ 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.