SOUTH BAY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY
DIAGNOSES FOR THE MEETING OF MONDAY December 1st, 2008
SB 5231 Protothecosis (olecranon bursitis).
Diagnostic Tally: Protothecosis--unanimous.
SB 5232 Periductal stromal tumor
Diagnostic Tally: Angiosarcoma-2, periductal stromal tumor-20.
SB 5233 Inflammatory fibroid polyp
Diagnostic Tally: Inflammatory fibroid polyp—unanimous.
SB 5234 Secretory carcinoma
Diagnostic Tally:
Sebaceous carcinoma—3, secretory carcinoma—30.
SB 5235 Pneumocystis and CMV pneumonitis
Diagnostic tally: PCP+CMV—unanimous.
SB 5236 Case postponed until next meeting. Supplemental cases presented:
a) Extramedullary hematopoiesis in axillary node, s/p neoadjuvant therapy, b) myeloma with intracytoplasmic crystals, c) Enterobius vermicularis (adult worm), d) localized necrotizing vasculitis, uterine wall, e) tyrosine crystals in pleomorphic adenoma.
SB 5237 Perineurioma of kidney
Diagnostic Tally: Liposarcoma—2, schwannoma—2, low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma—3, myxoma—3, ganglioneuroma—1.
SB 5238 EBV-associated smooth muscle tumor
Diagnostic Tally: Spindle cell lipoma—2, smooth muscle tumor—20.
SB 5239 Small lymphocytic lymphoma/CLL, interfollicular pattern
Diagnostic Tally: Mantle cell lymphoma—10, small lymphocytic lymphoma/CLL—10.
SB 5240 Pulmonary involvement by hyper-IgG4 disease.
Diagnostic Tally: Rosai-Dorfman—5, Churg-Strauss—3, Wegener’s granulomatosis—2, Hyper IgG4 disease—2.