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Amy H. Deeken, M.D.
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General AP/CP #pathology
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Not medical advice.
#autopsy #art #medicine #anatomy #VillainEra #MotherOfDragons #QueenOfTheAshes
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Available online now - ahead of print

Original Study
The Recent Rise of Streptococcus Pyogenes Group A–Related Deaths in Cook County: A Case Series

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#4n6 #forensicpathology #infectiousdiseases #pathology
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes? It hasn’t been ruled out.

www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?
It hasn’t been ruled out.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Study (N=1,700) finds men sponsor others to get ahead in their own careers, choosing to sponsor only when it is a win-win for them and the protégé. Women are more likely to balance their own needs with what is best for their protégé’s career.
hbr.org/2025/11/rese...
Research: How Men and Women Sponsor Junior Colleagues
Research has shown that sponsorship tends to benefit junior employees, but its impact on sponsors is less understood. A new study, the first to examine sponsorship from a leadership perspective, revea...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.”
Genes-> Medicine www.nature.com/articles/s41... —r/t Eric Topol #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #SciSky #NurseSky #EMSky #PedsSky
Turning genes into medicines - Nature Medicine
The first clinical trial of a gene therapy infusion for hemophilia B revealed unexpected findings.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Frozen-section-Friday:

Adult with 2 cm parotid mass sent for intraoperative consultation

📸: solitary, largely circumscribed, cut surface w internal heterogeneity
📸: touch prep - monotonous cells (myoeps) w/i basophilic matrix
📸: low mag nodule contour at frozen section

…next

#PathSky #ENTsky
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Pathologists Overseas was proud to be a sponsor of the 4th Annual African Assembly of the East African Division of the International Academy of Pathology in #Kampala, #Uganda.

If you attended this year what stood out most to you? Let us know in the comments!
#Pathsky #PublicHealth #Globalhealth
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Who benefits from 50 year mortgages: banks, developers, realtors, estate lawyers.

Who gets screwed: everyone else.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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I have NEW stickers too that I'm giving away as freebies

#sciart #artsky #nephsky #medsky #pathsky #biosky
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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The @backerkit.com Holiday Market launches in 10 days and to say we're excited is a massive understatement!!!

There'll be another chance to buy magnets featuring my Cell Paintings. Making these sparked my curiosity and led me to train to be a Scientist!

#sciart #artsky #nephsky #medsky #pathsky
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Ok, but as a non-forensic pathologist, have we determined what point-blank sandwich range is? For science 🥪 #pathsky #pathology #DC
November 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Biopsy of anterior true vocal cord, sent for intraop consult. Pt with history of glottic squamous cell ca, s/p radiation therapy. Biopsy neg for scca. However…

📸 tyrosine-like crystalloids w/i anterior macula flava (is chondroid here)
📸 TLCs not commonly seen at frozens

PMID: 39177813

#Pathsky
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Adult male; White corrugated plaque on lateral oral tongue

Dx: oral hairy leukoplakia

Low: epithelial hyperplasia, shaggy corrugated parakeratotic surface, often pallor in spinous layer
High: perinuclear clearing, nuclear beading
EBV ISH (red): nuclear signal in affected cells

#PathSky
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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This is me

Follow my exCELLent Holiday Shop for a pre-launch follower bonus

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#sciart #scicomm #biosky #medsky #pathsky #nephsky #artsky
Get Ready for Drawn to Cells? exCELLent Holiday Shop
From Kathryn Garner - Get Ready for Drawn to Cells? exCELLent Holiday Shop
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November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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My law firm is currently litigating 13 redistricting cases and an additional 50 voting and election cases. 63 lawsuits and those numbers are growing. While this is a lot for a firm with fewer than 60 lawyers, I am proud that we helping to defend free and fair elections and democracy in court.🗳️⚖️💪
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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I could not be more proud of my FM residents. In the face of the SNAP crisis, they pulled together this weekend and created family and individual meals to hand out to patients in need in our offices. 😭😭❤️. They are not splashing it all over socials, but I cannot help but share. 1/4
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Day 31, and final, October Paranormal Posts. Shinto Exorcisms and Entities From a Different World! A story that happened here in Kyoto to a friend of mine. Enjoy and Happy Halloween!! #paranormal #Kyoto www.hiddenpathskyoto.com/post/shinto-...
Shinto Exorcisms and Entities From a Different World.
Paranormal activity in a Kyoto restaurant.This post is quite different from previous entries in this blog because no specific location is given, though the location is known. It is also a personal sto...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Intimate contact between endothelial cell and mesangial cell cytoplasm. A reminder that no GBM separates the blood space from the mesangium. I wonder what secrets they are sharing. #renalpath #pathsky #nephsky
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Nothing is scarier than Reviewer #2
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Image of the Week!

Submitted by: Mahvash Nematollahi, M.D.
Directory Profile: www.pathologyoutlines.com/directory/ma...
Subspecialty: Neuropathology
Diagnosis: Oligodendroglioma

#Pathology #PathologyOutlines #PathSky
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Day 30 of the October Paranormal Posts. Is there a ghost at the Ghost Pass in Kyoto on the top of Hinoyama?! #Paranormal #Kyoto #Japan www.hiddenpathskyoto.com/post/the-yur...
The Yurei Toge - The Ghost Pass
In a previous post we looked at the Kamo no Chomei Rock on Hinoyama, this time we will focus on another interesting location on the same mountain trail, the Yurei Toge - The Ghost Pass.The Kamo no Cho...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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We’re celebrating 25 years of PathologyOutlines.com! Here’s a sneak peek at the kind messages that our booth visitors at ECP and CAP shared. See the full images on our Testimonials page via the link in comments. Thanks to all who took time to write us a note!

#Pathology #PathologyOutlines #PathSky
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The On Call Pathologist
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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October 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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📸Transverse section through the cricoarytenoid joint (CAJ) of the larynx, a true synovial joint. Arrows delineate joint space
📸 Same, just higher mag
📸 Generally surfaced by fibrocartilage (but may be mixed). Synovium present
📸 Synovial lining

#PathSky #ENTPath #PathTwitter
#EmoryPathology
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Here is today’s #eyeSCANdy! Acellular scanning EM showing empty lacunar spaces of a fibrocellular crescent previously occupied by cells.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Stephen Bonsib. #renal #pathology #kidneypath #nephsky #pathsky
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM