"A specific range of temperature and pH allow biochemical reactions to proceed within our body. Prolonged hypoxia may not kill instantly, but makes cells function in an anaerobic way, creating metabolites (lactic acid, H+, CO2) that will drop outside of the normal range of the “milieu interieur.” Loss of that warm red fluid will cause de facto ( Read more... )

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"The resection margins of a specimen are those surfaces that precisely represent the final cut surface of the tissue removed at an operation. It is where the specimen ends and the patient begins".

"A Practical Guide to Frozen Section Technique" Stephen R. Peters Department of Pathology University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey ( Read more... )

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"Immunohistochemistry has become the surgical pathologist’s “second H&E” and is invaluable in assessing tumour type, prognosis and potential response to treatment."

"Histopathology Reporting Guidelines for Surgical Cancer"
Second Edition by Derek C. Allen

"Osteoblasts... Gone... Wild! they are lying down bone like there is no tomorrow!"
J.Minarcik, MD about Padget's disease.

"This is your run of the mill classic slam dunk bim badda boom metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung!"
J.Minarcik, MD.

What? Cytology?!
Isn't that just histology in a blender?