Pathology Prints

Clinical History A 61-year old male with prostate cancer attends pre-assessment clinic prior to a prostatectomy. Overall, he feels well with no major complaints. On review of symptoms, it is noted he has chronic pain in his right knee, which his GP...

Clinical History A 16-year old male presented with a 3-month history of increasingly swollen and painful right knee. On examination, there was a palpable tender swelling above the right knee. Blood test showed a raised Alkaline Phosphatase level. A knee...

Clinical History A 60-year old female presented with a 12-month history of recurrent pain and increasing swelling in her right shoulder. On examination, there was a palpable mass over the superior aspect of her right scapula. There was limitation of...

Clinical History A teenage boy presents with groin pain after horse-riding. Examination revealed a large, deep lump. Following biopsy and imaging, the diagnosis of chondrosarcoma was made and a radical surgical resection of his right leg was performed...

Clinical History A 63-year old woman presented with a history of dull lower abdominal pain for 2 months and heavy persistent vaginal bleeding for 1 week. The menopause had occurred 13 years previously. Radical abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral...

Clinical History This was a case of a 75-year-old female who presented with symptoms of recurrent disease and confirmed to have chemo-resistant multiple retroperitoneal lymph node metastases five years after the initial therapy for stage IIIc serous...

Clinical History A 68-year old woman presented with a small hard lump in the thyroid. During the following six weeks, there was progressive rapid enlargement of the mass leading to laryngeal stridor and oesophageal obstruction, which were the terminal...

Clinical History A 72-year old female presented with colicky flank pain and increasing malaise. Intermittent hematuria was noted. Biochemical investigations reveal significantly impaired renal function. CT abdomen showed congenital renal agenesis of the...

Clinical History A 49-year old male presents with a 6-week history of malaise, urinary frequency and hematuria for 6 weeks. Further questioning revealed intermittent left flank pain. Abdominal ultrasound showed severe hydronephrosis and hydroureter,...

Clinical History This specimen was found during a routine post-mortem of a 56-year-old male who died of rheumatic heart disease. Pathology The kidney is 12 cm in length and the two parts are fused at the lower pole forming this horseshoe-like shape. The...

Clinical History A 55-year old female presents with severe dyspnoea, a productive cough and oral candidiasis. She is immunosuppressed with a history of rheumatoid arthritis being treated with steroids and cyclophosphamide. Sputum cultures grew...

Clinical History There is no clinical history for this specimen. Pathology The specimen is a parasagittal section of the left lung. There are patchy regions of focal consolidations and discolorations caused by congested and hyperemic lung tissue...

Clinical History There is no clinical history for this specimen. Pathology The specimen is a parasagittal section of the right lung and the boundaries between the three lobes are visible. The entire upper and middle lobes are congested and hyperemic*...

Clinical History A 37-year old male patient presents with a 1-month history of lethargy, cough and weight loss. He had a history of an orchiectomy 18 months previous for a testicular tumor. Then 12 months post-op he underwent neck radiotherapy to treat...

Clinical History A 57-year old male presented with a 3-week history of cough and pleuritic left sided chest pain. Chest x-ray showed left upper lobe collapse with large left sided pleural effusion. Pleurodesis aspirated frank pus from the pleural cavity...

Clinical History No clinical details are available for this specimen. Pathology The heart displays both ventricles from the posterior aspect. There is a prominent saccular dilatation of the thoracic ascending aorta, which shows several atherosclerotic...

Clinical History The patient was a 52-year old female with increasing dyspnoea. She gave a past history of fever with flitting joint pains in childhood following a sore throat. On examination: cyanotic, pulse showed atrial fibrillation, jugular venous...

Clinical History A thin 42-year-old American tourist was found dead in his hotel bedroom. A coroner's autopsy was performed. Pathology This is a longitudinal section through the heart displaying the left and right ventricles and interventricular...

Clinical History This 11-year-old female had an 18-month history of hydatid disease (see below). In total, 17 cysts were removed from the child's brain at craniotomy on three occasions, and subsequently cysts were found in the kidneys, mesentery,...

Clinical History A 64-year old woman presented with a story of chest pain for 5 months, associated with breathlessness and wheezing for 4 months. On examination, she was dyspnoeic, with an expiratory wheeze, left-sided crepitations and signs of a right...

Clinical History This 56-year old female suffered from emphysema and gave a 2-year history of increasing shortness of breath on exertion associated with recurrent attacks of bronchitis. On examination, she had a BP 160/90 mm Hg, pulse rate of 96...

Clinical History This 70-year-old man with a past history of mild gastro-oesophageal reflux presented to the Alfred Hospital with a sudden onset of severe upper abdominal pain, which radiated to the left shoulder tip. On examination, he was distressed...

Clinical History In the 1970s, a 31-year-old woman presented with severe headache and diplopia on a background of having a pigmented skin lesion (diagnosed as an invasive skin melanoma) removed from her neck 8 months earlier. Clinical examination...

Clinical History A 62-year-old woman presented with disorientation to time, place and person. Physical examination revealed no localized neurological signs. Radiological investigations revealed a space occupying lesion in the floor of the 3rd ventricle...

Clinical History A 29-year old male presented with a 22 month history of headaches and blurred vision. Examination revealed a bi-temporal hemianopia and a left VI nerve palsy. Skull X-ray showed erosion of most of the sphenoid body with some dorsum...