How observant are you? Can you get the right diagnosis just by looking at these pictures?

Note: To benefit the most from this gallery, read through the rest of the web resource first, then use this to consolidate your kowledge. 

What to ask yourself: 

1.  What are the gross characteristics of the tumour?  

2. Is this benign or malignant? (This is a priority for patient management!)

3. What is the diagnosis? (This also will guide treatment and prognosis)

4. What would the histology look like? (Histology tells you if a tumour is benign or malignant, low or high grade (if malignant), and the type of tumoue. All very important for prognosis and management.)

Case 1: Kidney mass, in a patient with painless haematuria. What are the gross features? What is the diagnosis?

For Answer, Click HERE .

Case 2: Solitary thyroid nodule in a 44 year old man. What are the gross features? What’s the diagnosis?

For answer, click HERE .

Case 3: madam Rokiah, an elderly lady, complains of an unsightly appearing foot for the last year. What are the gross features> What’s the diagnosis?

For answer, click HERE .

Case 4: Mr Lee, a 67 year old man has been experiencing weight loss and blood in the stools for 3 months. This is his resected colon. Challenge yourself – can you assess the local stage? (which layer of the bowel wall the tumour has reached?)

Click HERE for the gross annotated picture and diagnosis.

What do you think the histology will look like? Can you imagine it? Click on the microscope: