Kurts Notes – By Dr. Kurt Schaberg Below are my notes for a range of conditions commonly encountered by surgical pathologists and cytopathologists I developed these as teaching aides for my resident didactic sessions and trainees at the University of California, Davis
Useful Links – Kurts Notes - UC Davis Pathology Search (searches multiple databases, including PathPresenter) PathLibrary (Scanned slide unknowns with quizzing on special studies–great testing!) Path presenter (Huge collection of whole slide images, with quizzes, etc…) The Rosai collection
Reporting Diagnoses Comments – Kurts Notes - UC Davis More on “Kurt’s style” here Here are some examples: – No significant abnormality – Mild chronic gastritis – Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (see comment) – Basaloid salivary gland neoplasm (see comment)
News and Updates – Kurts Notes I updated my CNS tumor notes to include all of the revisions and diagnostic criteria from the 5th edition CNS WHO I’ve also tried to incorporate virtual slides, where I could find good options
Quizzes Boards – Kurts Notes - UC Davis Flashcards based on my notes can be found here Practice Board Exams: Multiple choice, like the boards Record your diagnoses on the website, which will grade your answers when you’re done You can then review your selections with the answer sheet after submission to see the answers to the questions you got wrong
Books – Kurts Notes - UC Davis Practical Thoracic Pathology: Diseases of the Lung, Heart, and Thymus (First Edition, 2016) by Allen P Burke MD, Marie-Christine Aubry MD, Joseph Maleszewski MD, Borislav Alexiev MD, Fabio Tavora MD
Lung – Kurts Notes - UC Davis – Non-small cell carcinoma, favor adenocarcinoma (see comment) COMMENT: The aspirate smears are abundantly cellular, showing numerous clusters of malignant cells with enlarged nuclei, irregular nuclear membranes, prominent nucleoli, and moderate amounts of delicate cytoplasm The cell block section shows similar findings These findings are diagnostic of a non-small cell carcinoma with
Colon – Kurts Notes - UC Davis Ischemic colitis – Ischemic colitis (see comment) COMMENT: The *** colon biopsy shows colonic mucosa with hemorrhage and hyalinization within the lamina propria The crypts demonstrate superficial withering and regenerative changes The features are those of an ischemic-pattern colitis While these findings are most common in ischemic colitis, the differential diagnosis is broad and includes
GI Grossing Templates – Kurts Notes Many of these grossing templates were made with generous help from Dr Zarrin Hossein-Zadeh Others are based on templates from institutions I’ve practiced at For some, you’ll see that there are different versions options As with all templates, these must be customized for each case–no two cases are the same!