PGY3 resident @templepathology #cytology #surgicalpathology
Joined November 2021
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
21 Oct 2025
Cytopathology fellows, cytologists,residents
Now is the perfect time to join @iac International Academy of Cytology!With nominal fees for Junior medical members(E25 euro) you can access premier resources(acta cy, cyto webinars),network globally,and advance your career #cytology
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
29 Sep 2025
Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC)
- High grade cytology with sharp transition from normal epithelium
-p53 mutant- some can be null (don't scan at low mag only)
-Ki67>10% (often >70%)
Dr. Bell-A Practical Approach to a Range of Fallopian Tube Pathology #ISGyP #pathology #PathX
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
28 Sep 2025
Milan category IV a , Neoplastic benign Pleomorphic adenoma
The most common benign SG tumor
Matrix containing tumor which appears as unique fibrillary stroma -magenta on DQ and cyanophilic on pap stain.
Mixture of myoepithelial cells,ductal cells and stroma
PLAG 1 Fusion orIHC
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
16 Sep 2025
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
8 Sep 2025
Medullary thyroid carcinoma can present in many cytologic flavors.
Here is one of them: single, discohesive spindle cells with granular, salt & pepper chromatin.
#PathTwitter #MedTwitter #ThyroidFNA #HNPath #PathResidents #CytoFellow
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
29 Aug 2025
Learn to differentiate fibroblast foci (this image) from fibroblast plugs (Masson bodies), or you will never learn to diagnose UIP and forever be "correlating" with CT findings. Don't misdiagnose UIP as organizing pneumonia!
#pathology #pulmpath #uip
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
28 Aug 2025
Don't miss our open house on September 10. Join via link or scan the QR code:
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
16 Aug 2025
Cercariform cell -
Voided urine in a patient with hemeturia . Category VI Paris system for reporting urinary cytology.
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
20 May 2025
The Match Guide for US Residency is out. It covers everything from preparing your application to finalizing your rank list. Check it out: aljohani.me/match-guide
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
15 May 2025
Oh my!! Biopsy of a protuberance in sigmoid colon.
Don't forget to go on high power or do levels in a biopsy from lumps, bumps and humps.
HG serous carcinoma, for PAX-8/P53 (images) and WT-1 (not shown). Most helpful stain: history
@PennPathLabMed
#pathology #PathTwitter
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
6 May 2025
Beware of bloody unsats
#Paptest , Tumor cells hiding within diathesis
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
15 Apr 2025
Just a cute "Cockle burr" (hematoidin crystals often seen in pregnant patients on a PAP test. (SurePath)
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
4 Apr 2025
Lung resection for emphysema . What is the purple blob ? Any thoughts 💭
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
3 Apr 2025
Frozen section of a lung nodule. I made a touch prep while the resident is preparing a slide
Any thoughts ?
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
2 Apr 2025
Great example of amoebic cysts identified on an anal pap smear. You can clearly see the bar-like chromatoid bodies in this case
Remember, don't forget about your #PathCritters 🦠 #CytoPath #PathTwitter !
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
18 Mar 2025
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
8 Mar 2025
Morphology is still the best tool to make Dx -believe your eyes !
Thin prep 20 x and 40x of a 47 year old female -
dyskeratotic cells, fiber cells with some scattered high grade cells within a background containing diathesis -what more do you want to call it Squamous cell ca
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Cytopathology Crash Course! This course provides a high-yield review of cytopathology morphology and concepts for trainees, as well as a refresher course on core cytopathology concepts for practitioners. Information/registration - buff.ly/3Iy8zh7
#cytopathology #cytopath
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
17 Feb 2025
Let’s review IHC-molecular correlates in breast this week.
Case of Radiation-Associated Angiosarcoma of Breast 🔬
Secondary angiosarcoma of breast shows MYC amplifications at locus 8q24.21. cMYC IHC can be used as surrogate marker in tough cases
#PathX #PathTwitter #breastpath
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Kassaye Firde MD retweeted
1 Feb 2025
Beautiful cytohisto correlation
Endocervical adenocarcinoma in situation
Hyperchromatic crowded groups
Rosettes
Feathering
Nuclear crowding
Histology:
Hyperchromatic cells , apoptosis,mucin depletion and luminal mitosis
P16 block positivity
Ki67 over expression
#pathtwitters
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