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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... specific for the liver ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #Liver ... #FunctionTest #
Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis- The opening pressure on lumbar puncture was 29 cm of water (reference range,
Cryptococcus neoformans ... The cryptococcal ... #clinical #NEJM ... #Cryptococcus #neoformans ... stain #indiaInk #pathology
Explanted liver of a 9-year-old girl with acute liver failure due to acetaminophen overdose.

#liver #transplantation #gross
Explanted liver ... girl with acute liver ... #liver #transplantation ... #gross #pathology ... #clinical #explanted
Morphology and Descriptions of Endemic Fungal Infections with Yeasts in Tissues
Broad-based budding yeasts:
 • Description: Broad-based
, Histoplasma, Cryptococcus ... Consistent with Cryptococcus ... capsule deficient Cryptococcus ... morphology #yeasts #pathology ... #clinical #atlas
Common Fungal Pathology 
 • Candida - Small yeast intermingled with pseudohyphae
 • Aspergillosis - Septate
Common Fungal Pathology ... broad based bud • Cryptococcus ... ucsdim #Fungal #Pathology ... #clinical #microscopy
Cryptococcosis - Cryptococcus Neoformans - Fungal Pathology 

Narrow- budding yeast with mucicarmine positive capsules — cryptococcus
Cryptococcosis - Cryptococcus ... Neoformans - Fungal Pathology ... positive capsules — cryptococcus ... Neoformans #Fungal #Pathology ... #clinical #microscopy
T-LGL leukemia - T-CeIl Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia
Clinical
 - Persistent (>6mo) lymphocytosis (2-20k) with proven clonality
Lymphocytic Leukemia Clinical ... presentation (PB, BM, liver ... Same morphologic/clinical ... Leukemia #hemepath #pathology
Guide to systemic mastocytosis

Criteria for diagnosis: at least 1 major and 1 minor or 3 minor
ascites/impaired liver ... mastocytosis #hemepath #pathology ... algorithm #diagnosis #clinical
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK+
Clinical
 • First 3 decades of life, M>F
 • Often nodal +
lymphoma, ALK+ Clinical ... tissue, lungs, liver ... ALKPos #hemepath #pathology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Mississippi and Ohio River ... fungal stain of clinical ... Fluconazole CRYPTOCOCCUS ... CSF and serum Cryptococcal