Publications
& Case Studies
Case of the Month
2018 January
The patient is a young teenage female presenting with weekly intermenstrual bleeding soon after her first menstrual cycle. A year later the patient noticed a mass protruding through the vagina, intermittently. Imaging studies at the time reported normal anatomy in the area….
2017 February
The patient is a 79 year old female that presented with dark urine, jaundice and pale stool (indicative of an obstruction of the bile duct). She is an ex smoker that used to smoke 2 3 per day but quit 30 to 40 years previous…
… more to come
2018 February
The patient is a 53 year old male who found a small freckle in the left eye. The patient’s optometrist identified an intra-ocular mass after the patient complained of 3 weeks of blurry vision….
2017 March
The patient is 64 year old male presenting with shortness of breath and threatened airway requiring a tracheotomy. A panendoscopy was performed revealing an obstructive nearly circumferential pharyngeal/laryngeal mass…
2017 January
The patient is a 54-year old male living with type 3A Hepatitis C for 11 years. At initial diagnosis he received 6-month treatment of Interferon and Ribavirin. In 2011, he presented with cirrhosis, esophageal varices and massive hematemesis requiring ventilation and ICU care for three weeks….
2017 April
The patient is a 75 year old male presenting with shortness of breath and trouble sleeping. A large left pleural effusion led to imaging and a medical pleuroscopy showing nodularity in the left chest…
Abstracts
Formalin Fixation: Fact or Folklore
J. Swift M.L.T., A. Tremblay T.M., S. J. Robertson M.D. F.R.C.P., L. Boyd M.L.T., M. Cox B.S.C. (Hons), R. McKenzie, Anatomical, Pathology EORLA The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.
A review of the literature dating back to 1956 reveals that a minimum formalin to specimen ratio of 10:1 or 20:1 has long been the accepted “gold standard” for optimal tissue fixation, however there is no empirical evidence to support this recommendation.
Pathologists’ Assistants: Defining a Standard in a Uniquely Diverse Population of Professionals
J. Swift M.L.T., A. Tremblay T.M., S. J. Robertson M.D. F.R.C.P., L. Boyd M.L.T., M. Cox B.S.C. (Hons), R. McKenzie, Anatomical, Pathology EORLA The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.
A review of the literature dating back to 1956 reveals that a minimum formalin to specimen ratio of 10:1 or 20:1 has long been the accepted “gold standard” for optimal tissue fixation, however there is no empirical evidence to support this recommendation.