The following is the list of slides/specimens which an undergraduate in Pathology has to know before appearing for his examinations. This is the compilation from various institutions. This list encompasses only the infectious/inflammatory/non-neoplastic lesions categorized under various systems.
Acknowledgements: My Sincere thanks to Dr Pradeep Vaideeswar, Additional Professor, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital,Mumbai for contribution of the entire list
Please note that the detailed descriptions of each of these will follow. Some of which have been complete and the same can be accessed by clicking on the lesion ( in blue color).
HEPATOBILLIARY
Infection
Amoebic abscess
Viral hepatitis (Massive/submassive Hepatic Necrosis)
Malaria
Inflammation
Fatty change
Chronic Hepatitis
Micronodular cirrhosis
Macronodular cirrhosis
Chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis
Billiary cirrhosis
Others
Prussian blue reaction (hemosiderosis)
Chronic congestive hepatopathy (nutmeg liver)
CARDIOVASCULAR
Infection
Infective endocarditis
Syphilitic aortitis
Inflammation
Fibrinous pericarditis
Rheumatic carditis – Aschoff nodules
Mitral stenosis
Libman-Sack endocarditis
Atheroma – fatty streaks and plaque
Atherosclerosis – ulceration and calcification
Aortic stenosis
Others
Cardiac atrophy
Cardiac hypertrophy – concentric
Cardiac hypertrophy – eccentric
Coronary thrombus
Recent infarct – transmural MI
Healed infarct
Complications of MI – Mural thrombus
Complications of MI – Cardiac aneurysm
Complications of MI – Cardiosclerosis
Aortic aneurysm
URINARY
Infection
Acute pyelonephritis
Chronic pyelonephritis
Abscess – pyonephrosis
Inflammation
Acute glomerulonephritis
Chronic glomerulonephritis – Small contracted kidney
Crescentic glomerulonephritis – RPGN
Others
Cloudy change
Infarct (coagulation necrosis)
Amyloidosis – large white kidney
Hydronephrosis
Staghorn kidney stones
Hypertensive Nephorosclerosis – flea-bitten kidney
Renal congestion
Atrophy and compensatory hypertrophy
RESPIRATORY
Infection
Primary complex of TB
Miliary TB
Fibrocavitary TB
Lobar pneumonia
Bronchopneumonia
Lung abscess
Inflammation
Bronchiectasis
Chonic bronchitis
Others
Chronic passive congestion
Emphysema
ALIMENTARY
Infection
Intestinal gangrene
Tuberculosis ulcer
Typhoid ulcer
Acute appendicitis
Amebic colitis
Inflammation
Crohn’s disease
Ulcerative colitis
LYMPHORETICULAR
Infection
Malaria
Tuberculosis (caseous necrosis)
Others
Amyloidosis
Infarct
Prussian blue reaction (hemosiderosis)
CENTRAL NERVOUS
Infection
Pyogenic meningitis
Tuberculous meningitis
Tuberculoma
Others
Cerebral hemorrhage
ENDOCRINE
Inflammation
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Multinodular goiter
INTEGUMENTARY
Infection
Foot gangrene
Mycetomoa foot – actinomycosis
Tuberculoid leprosy
Lepromatous leprosy
Inflammation
Granulation tissue
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE
Products of conception
MALE REPRODUCTIVE
Benign hyperplasia prostate
SKELETAL
Infection
Chronic osteomyelitis
HEMATOPOETIC (PERIPHERAL BLOOD SLIDES)
Eosinophilia
Iron deficiency anaemia
Haemolytic anaemia
Macrocytic anaemia
Leucocytosis
Dr Pradeep Vaideeswar : is Professor (Addl.) in Pathology at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. He is a dedicated academician and exemplary teacher. He is a prolific writer with over 200 publications in national and international peer reviewed journals and numerous book chapters. He is considered to be a world renowned expert on cardiovascular and thoracic pathology. He is also the immediate Past President of the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists.
