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A 34-year-old man has a dark red, slightly verrucous papule on the scrotum. Sections show markedly dilated, thin-walled vascular channels packed with red cells in the papillary dermis. The overlying epidermis is acanthotic and hyperkeratotic, and elongated rete ridges encircle the ectatic vessels. Deeper dermis and subcutis are uninvolved.
Which is the correct diagnosis?
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Conventional cervicovaginal smear from a 29-year-old woman. Squamous cells are coated by a dense layer of small coccobacilli that obscure the cytoplasmic borders. Background lactobacilli are absent and inflammatory cells are sparse.
Which finding is the diagnostic criterion in this smear?
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Excised cervical lymph node from a 26-year-old with a solitary painless mass and no systemic symptoms. Follicles are numerous with small, atrophic, hyalinised germinal centres, each penetrated radially by a sclerotic vessel. Mantle zones are expanded into concentric rings. Interfollicular tissue shows prominent hyalinised vasculature. Plasma cells are not increased.
Which is the most likely diagnosis?
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Antral biopsy from a 45-year-old with dyspepsia. The lamina propria contains a dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate with lymphoid aggregates. Neutrophils infiltrate the foveolar epithelium and form occasional pit abscesses. Small curved bacilli are visible in the surface mucus layer at high power.
Which statement about this biopsy is correct?
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Oestrogen receptor immunohistochemistry performed on a core biopsy showing high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ. Strong nuclear staining is present in approximately 80% of tumour cell nuclei. Adjacent normal ducts also show nuclear positivity.
Which statement about reporting this stain is correct?
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Neuropathology
CNS Tumours
Gliomas, embryonal tumours and meningiomas under the WHO 2021 CNS classification, with the molecular markers that now define them.
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Head & neck
Salivary Gland Pathology
Benign and malignant salivary tumours, their fusions and the immunopanels that separate the common mimics.
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Thoracic
Lung, Heart & Mediastinum
Lung carcinoma subtyping, predictive markers, thymic and mediastinal lesions.
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Soft tissue & bone
Soft Tissue & Bone Tumours
Fusion-driven sarcomas, their immunoprofiles, and the benign lesions they are most often mistaken for.
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Gastrointestinal
GI Pathology: Quick Answers
Rapid-fire questions on inflammatory patterns, dysplasia grading and GI mesenchymal lesions.
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Genitourinary
Renal Pathology
Glomerular disease patterns and renal tumour subtypes, including the molecularly defined entities.
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Dermatopathology
Skin Pathology
Inflammatory patterns, melanocytic lesions and the adnexal tumours that reliably catch people out.
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Endocrine
Endocrine Pathology
Thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and neuroendocrine lesions, with the grading systems examiners expect.
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Gynaecological
Female Genital Tract: Uterus & Ovary
Endometrial and ovarian tumours, molecular classification and the borderline categories.
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Cytopathology
Cytopathology MCQs
FNAC and fluid cytology across the reporting categories, with the difficult calls worked through.
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Hematopathology
Hematopathology Question Bank
Smear and marrow morphology, myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms, flow cytometry and defining genetics.
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Histotechniques
Histotechnology from Bancroft’s
Fixation, processing, staining and troubleshooting — the section most candidates skip and then lose marks on.
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Molecular
Molecular Techniques
PCR, FISH, sequencing and IHC surrogates — which assay actually answers the clinical question.
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General pathology
Robbins 10th Edition, Chapterwise
Mechanisms of disease chapter by chapter — the foundation MD/DNB and board papers build their questions from.
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