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Please see below some of the most useful links for trainee pathologists
General and training
Powerpoint presentations from the April 2008 BDIAP seminar "Approach to Cut-Up; Macroscopic Examination as the Precursor to Accurate Microscopic Interpretation" are available. See links for lung cut-up, Skin, Upper GI, Lower GI, Breast, Urology, Gynae, and Endocrine
Royal College of Pathologists - our online "bible". all trainees should be logging into this site regularly to check for updates to minimum datasets and guidelines. Now has an online CPD portfolio
Pathology resident Wikilinks - a comprehensive list of links for histopathologists
WHO tumour classifications - many of the fascicles are online here as free pdf files!
Leeds Virtual Pathology - Some good high resolution virtual slides including online quizzes. Takes a bit of getting used to and need a fast computer but a very useful resource!
Notes and pictures
Pathology Outlines - Excellent up to date site includes bulleted notes and links to macro/micro pics. Also has a really good case of the week, click this link to send email and subscribe
http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/ - similar resource to pathology outlines- great bullet pointed lists.
Pathopic photo database - German site with huge collection of macro/micro/pm/cytology photos
Pathpedia.com - This site looks to have very good potential and includes an "immunopedia" section
Emedicine - Perfect for finding the most recent info on even the most obscure diagnoses
Visual Histology - A nice american site with some good photomicrographs and video links
http://test.pathologyportal.org/newindex.htm?hub.htm - loads of short course/ online presentation to look at.
Autopsy / Forensic
Forensic medicine notes - Professor Pounder from Dundee University
Forensic science notes - From enotes "World of Forensic Science"
http://www.forensicmed.co.uk/- website aimed at medical students
Immuno and diagnostic
Vade Mecum - The latest version you can run straight from your web browser
Immunoquery - compare 3 suspected tumours, hit a button and you know what immuno to request!
Pathpedia - a comprehensive american site including a useful "immunopedia" section
http://www.surgpath4u.com/ - great image resource
Cytology
Cytology Stuff - Excellent site with huge gynae and non-gynae image resource and Case studies
Head and Neck
BDIAP seminar histories - a good series of head and neck pathology cases. The scanned slides are here
This is a Head and Neck cytology and histology quiz based on a series of real cases I reported in a one-stop head and neck clinic. The first six may not be diagnosable on screen but are included to demonstrate some of the technical difficulties with head and neck cytology (eg. why it is important to spread the material properly on the slides). The link should be working now!
Neuro
Brain tumour neuropathology - approach to the diagnosis of common brain tumours by Dr Kathreena Kurian
Neuropathology web.org - an illustrated, interactive course, designed to teach neuropathology to medical students and residents.
Neuropathology Mini-Course for Residents - VCU department of pathology
Skin
Dermpath EQA - National Specialist Dermatopathology (NSD) EQA Scheme
Edinburgh Dermatopathology - has some virtual slides includes some cutaneous soft tissue neoplasms
Mihm's dermatopathology - in-depth discussions of important and challenging cases, including photographs and suggestions for further reading, and is updated the first week of each month.
Skin and soft tissue.com -the inflammatory skins are organised in reaction patterns like Weedon. Could do with a bit more description for each entity but not bad for beginners
Breast and Endocrine
Breast pathology on the web - a very good UK site run by Dr Jeremy Thomas, Consultant Pathologist at Edinburgh Breast unit
NHSBSP guidelines - for pathology reporting in breast disease
Atlas of breast histopathology - virtual microscopy atlas. Also see breastpath (more patient oriented)
Breast pathology pics - from webpathology.com
http://ukeps.com/ - UK site with great atlas and guidelines
Thoracic
Sudden death autopsy Patrick Gallagher's lecture with great pics and explanation of degrees of certainty (Davies criteria)
Pathology of obstructive airways disease - excellent gross and micro pics of basic lung pathology
Mediastinal pathology - very good pics and descriptions of WHO thymoma classification among others (new section of webpathology.com)
Lymphoreticular
Lymph node pathology slides and quiz - University of Indiana site
Lymph nodes and spleen - some good photos from WebPathology.com
Upper GI and Pancreaticobiliary
Liver Histology - a nice introduction with animated pictures
Liver Pathology Seminars - A set of comprehensive liver pathology lectures (with audio!) by Prof Peter J Scheuer from UCL
Webpath at Utah - nice macro pictures and histology of liver diseases
BSG guidelines for diagnosing Barrett's - free pdf file
National GI EQA - includes digitised images
Lower GI
Phil Quirke Colorectal cancer - useful information about lower GI cutup including TME and sphincter grading
BSG guidelines for diagnosing Inflammatory Bowel Disease - free pdf file
Reporting lesions in the bowel cancer screening programme - posted on the Leeds virtual pathology website, clarifies new guidelines for dysplasia - posting on the NHS BCSP site
Soft Tissue and Bone
Bone tumours - tutorials for pathology residents
Skin and soft tissue.com - see above
http://njms2.umdnj.edu/tutorweb/introductory.htm - introduction to bone tumours
http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/didactics/media/uploads/bone_path_study_questions.pdf
self test on bone path
Renal and Urology
Uropathology webcasts - hosted by ACP, live until July14th 2010
UK Renal EQA - includes some digitised images
Webpathology - archive of urological pathology with some excellent photos of those confusing Gleason grades!
Modern Pathology article - open access article on Gleason grading including pitfalls and prognostic factors
Obs and Gynae
Endometrium.org - Explains concept of EIN, and includes online lectures
Very good photo atlas of Borderline ovarian tumours from Chicago
Friends
Dr Jon Oxley's homepage - red of hair and sharp of wit, Jon is a red-hot pathologist and teacher
Please contact me for further information; any suggestions would be most welcome
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