Osler Institute – Pathology Board Review: Electron Microscopy EM of Tumors and Tumor-Like Entities
Osler Institute – Pathology Board Review: Electron Microscopy Acinar Cell Carcinoma Zymogen granules 0.3 – 1.5 microns Stacks of RER Salivary gland Pancreas Pancreaticoblastoma Immunopositive for alpha-1 antitrypsin Trypsin Chymotrypsin Lipase
Adenocarcinoma – extracellular lumina, intestinal type microvilli Osler Institute – Pathology Board Review: Electron Microscopy
Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Intracytoplasmic lumina Microvilli Junctional complexes
Neoplasms Osler Institute – Pathology Board Review: Electron Microscopy
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Neoplasms Bronchioloalveolar Cell carcinoma Type II Pneumocyte Myelin figures Microvilli Clara Cells Secretory granules
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Neoplasms Carcinoid (Neuroendocrine) Tumors Dense core granules 140 – 400 nm True lumens Intracytoplasmic filaments
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Eosinophilic Granuloma Langerhan’s cell histiocyte Rod shaped Birbeck Granule Pleomorphic, deeply cleaved nucleus
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Neoplasms Ependymoma 5 – 7% of intracranial neuroglial neoplasms 60% of neuroglial tumors in spinal cord Most common sites – fourth ventricle and lumbosacral region Flexner type rosettes True lumens – cilia, microvilli and junctional complexes
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Neoplasms Ependymoma Junctional complexes Intracytoplasmic lumina Intracytoplasmic glial filaments Immunopositive for GFAP
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Neoplasms Granular Cell Tumor Pleomorphic secondary lysosomes Basal lamina around cell groups
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Neoplasms Granular Cell Tumor Angulate lysosomes in stromal fibrohistiocytic cells
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Neoplasms Hibernoma Lipid droplets Electron dense mitochondria S-100 protein + Vimentin +
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Lymphoma Non Hodgkin's Type No junctional complexes Few cytoplasmic organelles Abundant polyribosomes
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Lymphoma Non Hodgkin's Type No junctional complexes Few cytoplasmic organelles Abundant polyribosomes
Electron Microscopy - Osler Institute Pathology Board Review Neoplasms Mesotheliomas Long thin microvilli Bipolar cytoplasmic processes Desmosomes Primitive junctions Calretinin + Mesothelin +