Laboratory Diagnosis of Malaria

I prepared this during my first year of residency, It covers following

Microscopic tests

• Peripheral smear
• Quantitative buffy coat

Non microscopic tests

• Immunochromatographic tests (rapid tests)
• Antibody detection
• flow cytometry
• mass spectometry
• PCR

It is in DOC format

LINK

FISH- from basics to advanced.

This was a presentation by one of my senior on basics of FISH. A very fine, simple but exhaustive detailing about the technique. enjoy.

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors-recent

This is first seminar that I prepared during my first year of residency, It is in powerpoint format

http://ifile.it/uh4fkn2

Way of teaching/learning?

This quote is directly from Neuropathology Blog of Dr. Brian E. Moore, just think it in Indian scenario

"After my recent lecture on infections of the CNS, Southern Illinois University medical student Mike Sinha came up to the podium to ask why the herpes virus had a predilection for attacking the temporal lobes. I passed Mike's question on to Dr. Tom Smith, the neuropathologist who provided the photographs (see above) of herpes encephalitis for Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (7^th edition). Dr. Smith wrote that the question is not completely resolved, but he directed me to a 2002 review article which addressed the issue (Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2002;73:237-238). I quote from that article:

"Regarding the site specificity of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), the pathway of viral spread is probably more important than cell-type viral susceptibility. The unique anatomical localisation has been thought to result from entry of the virus via the olfactory pathway with spread along the base of the brain to the temporal lobes, a view that is supported by the immunocytochemical evidence of HSV antigens in the olfactory tract and cortex, as well as temporal lobes, hippocampus, amygdaloid nucleus, insula, and cingulate gyrus in patients dying from HSE. Another suggestion is that HSE may result from viral spread from the trigeminal ganglia to the temporal and frontal cortex, a view that is consistent with this known site of HSV latency."

Thanks to Mike Sinha for a provocative question and to Tom Smith for researching the response."

How many of Indian teacher will take such provocative question in positive way?? As per my experience such student will be fired by most of our teachers. Dont we need a change??

Medical Algorithm

I found this site while searching for a semen counting method

A Medical Algorithm is any computation, formula, survey, or look-up table, useful in healthcare. More than 10141 algorithms, organized into 45 chapters, are available as spreadsheets on this site, along with direct pubmed search feature for the algorithm

This site is powered by non profit organization institution of algorithmic medicine.

Worth have a look, as this site provides very extensive list of complete algorithms, for example, there are 10 different formulas to differentiate iron deficiency from thalassemia!!

World Health Organization Classification of Tumors Hematopoetic and Lymphoid

Example of what I have said in previous post about how to download books from, books.google.com

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Post Mortem Technique

Are you tired of reading oldies like Otto Saphire, try this one to get latest in post mortem

Note: for pathologists, may also be useful for forensic people

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