This primer and the accompanying tutorials will help you prepare for the pathology section of the oral boards, but this is no replacement for reading . The one deficit of this text is that it does not cover thyroid and parathyroid tumors. Throughout your reading, be attentive to the adjectives the authors use to describe histopathologic patterns. How to evaluate and describe a lesion based on two measly photomicrographs 1. Description at low power.
Orientation is critical.
First attempt to identify normal structures. It ' s really embarrassing to call something a tumor when it is actually normal tissue. If you are fortunate, there will be a clear distinction between normal tissue and lesion. However, it is quite possible that the entire section will consist of lesion. Thus, it is very important to be able to comfortably identify normal tissues.