Pathology is the precise study of the causes and consequences of a disease. The two major components of pathology are anatomical studies of structure and function at levels ranging from the whole ...

A lymph node biopsy is when a doctor checks and removes a small piece of tissue or sample of cells from one of your lymph nodes. The doctor sends this to the laboratory and a specialist doctor called ...

Recovery is similarly variable; some tendons recover with simple interventions, some remain resistant to all treatments. The pathology of tendinopathy has been described as degenerative or failed ...

[28] The temporary hypercoagulable state which results is believed to lead to thrombotic occlusions of the microvasculature with resulting necrosis. There is in vitro evidence that an acquired ...

Lymphocytes are white blood cells that help the body fight infection and disease. The healthy range for an adult is between 1,000 and 4,800 lymphocytes per microliter (µL) of blood. Doctors will ...

The presence of portal lymphoid aggregates, characteristic of hepatitis C infection, and interface activity, previously called "piecemeal necrosis," is also described and quantified. Interface ...

It’s a fast-growing cancer that can start in your lymph nodes or related organs like your thymus, spleen, or tonsils. It usually responds well to treatment and is often cured. About one in five ...

Thyroid nodules are lumps that occur in the thyroid gland in the front of the throat. There may be no symptoms, but people may feel a bump in the neck. Thyroid nodules can be a sign of iodine ...

Categorization based on gross pathologic features, particularly caseation and necrosis, was historically coined prior ... and affects tissue pathology in mouse models (87). Given the intracellular ...

Skin cancers such as squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma can metastasize to lymph nodes in and near the bilateral parotid glands, and thus mimic a primary parotid tumor. Most salivary gland cancers ...

A lump on the side of the neck could be a swollen lymph node caused by a bacterial or viral infection or a benign (non-cancerous) growth like a cyst, lipoma, or goiter. Swollen, infected salivary ...