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POPquizYou Be the Pathologist1. You’re looking at a section of a coronary artery from a middle-aged man whodied suddenly while jogging. What happened?A: A hemorrhage into an atheroscleroticplaque has occluded the lumen.B: A weakened media has split, causing adissecting hematoma.C: Cholesterol from a ruptured plaque hascaused blood to undergo thrombosis.D: Severe narrowing of a stable plaque contributedto a fatal rhythm disturbance.E: This shows that syphilis is still very muchwith us, here as obliterative endarteritis.Make Plans Now to Attend2. Your attention is drawn to the many eosinophilis found in this section of a Peyer’spatch from the intestine. It is well-known that eosinophils are people’s principaldefense against worms. What has brought them to this patch of lymphoid tissue?A: Hodgkin’s diseaseB: HookwormC: PinwormD: StrongyloidesE. TapewormRemember those pathology lecturesyou sat in on during medicalschool? Those were the best timesof your life, right?We hope you paid attention.KCUMB’s crack pathology team– Edward Friedlander, M.D.,professor and chair of pathology;Eduardo Garcia, M.D., assistantprofessor of pathology; and StevenGustafson, D.O., assistant professorof pathology – have developed thispop quiz to test your knowledge.No cheating!Email your answers to editor@kcumb.edu and be entered in adrawing to win a $25 Starbucksgift card. Maybe the coffee willkeep you awake the next time youshould be studying.3. A driver is found dead in a crashed vehicle on the side of the road. There were nowitnesses to the crash. Remembering that natural disease in a driver often causeswrecks, the coroner orders an autopsy. What happened?A: Air embolus. Maybe the driver was returningfrom a scuba dive.B: Clear-cell carcinoma. This usually hasextended directly from a lung primaryinto an artery.C: Fat embolus. Suspect a fracture of at leastone long bone.D: Pill filler or starch. Look carefully forfresh needle track marks.E: Thromboembolus. Measure the diametersof the driver’s calves.4. This mass was removed from a thyroid gland. Your attention is drawn to thepink-staining, hyaline material. To confirm the impression of medullary carcinomaof the thyroid gland, you will probably want to perform what additional stains?A: Congo red and calcitoninB: Methyl green pyronine and leukocytecommon antigenC: Nile blue sulfate and thyroglobulinD: Phosphotungstic acid hematoxylin andtri-iodothyronineE: Sirius black and colloidal iodineKCUMB’s 2013 Homecoming CelebrationDon’t miss your opportunity to reminisce with friends andformer classmates during KCUMB’s 2013 Homecomingcelebration, scheduled for Sept. 18-21 on campus.While you’re here, join your classmates at special reuniongatherings, attend Continuing Medical Education courses,enjoy a picnic lunch on campus and get an up-close look atall the remarkable changes at your alma mater.Sept. 18-21, 2013Watch for More Details Coming in the Spring!To learn more, watch your mailbox or visitwww.kcumb.edu/Homecoming.Is Your Class Having a Reunion?KCUMB’s 2013 Homecoming celebration will payspecial tribute to the classes of 1958, 1963, 1968,1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008.32 WINTER 2012 WINTER 2012 33