Gynecologic Pathology
Monday, March 26, 2007, 7:30 PM
CC 6 A/B/C/F
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Moderator:
CHRISTOPHER P. CRUM Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, MA
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Case 1
Submitted by: Michael Deavers - The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Clinical Summary: A 64 year old woman presented with vaginal bleeding. The slide submitted is from her endometrial biopsy.
Case 2
Submitted by: Brigitte Ronnett - The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Clinical Summary: 36 year old woman ~7 weeks status post C-section (ovaries, cervix, and omentum described as normal at delivery) with a hypercoagulable state. In addition there are bilateral lower extremity deep vein thromboses complicated by pulmonary embolism. Enlarged supraclavicular and cervical lymph nodes were found and a biopsy of a cervical lymph node was performed (Images only).
Case 3
Submitted by: C. Meg Mclachlin - University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Clinical Summary: 60 year-old woman with previous history of squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas of the face. She presents with a 0.8 cm white vulvar lesion with a rough surface; has been increasing in size over 13 months.
Case 4
Submitted by: Christopher P. Crum - Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Clinical Summary: 44 year-old woman with a history of BRCA mutation. This specimen is from a prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy.
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