PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 1
Walter Schroeder, MD, Douglas R. Gnepp, MD, St Louis
A 23-year-old woman noted the presence of a growing, nontender, left-sided neck mass for four years before admission to the hospital. She denied dysphagia or difficulty in breathing. Her medical history was normal. She smoked cigarettes, one pack per day during her adult life, and used oral contraceptives.Physical examination revealed a 4 × 8-cm mobile mass immediately inferior to the angle of the mandible and a 2 × 3-cm lymph node in the jugulodigastric chain. Her chest roentgenogram was normal. All laboratory values were normal.The large neck mass was surgically excised. Photomicrographs from the histologic sections are shown in Figs 1 through 3.What is your diagnosis?
PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 2
Warren E. Hagan, MD, New Orleans;
Eugene Riveras, MD, Iowa City; J. Kevin Duplechin, New OrleansA 61-year-old man was referred to the Tulane