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Enucleated specimen of right eye, inadequate for opinion: excise the left eye, too.
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Small round cell tumour, advised immunohistochemistry for a definite diagnosis: I don’t know what the hell it is.
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Compatible with lichen planus: doesn’t look like it. But if you insist, I don’t resist.
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Florid reactive hyperplasia, lymph node; advised close clinical follow up: boss, wait till it turns into a full blown lymphoma, then I’ll type it.
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Borderline serous cystadenoma, ovary, with focal microinvasion: phew, this’ll save my skin, if the patient throws a met 10 years later!
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Early ill formed epithelioid granulomas with occasional acid fast bacilli: I have an excellent imagination!
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Special stains for fungi, bacteria and parasites are not contributory: I didn’t look hard enough.
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Metastatic poorly differentiated neoplasm, cerebellum, with possibilities of carcinoma, sarcoma, melanoma, lymphoma . . .: looking for the primary is your job; anyway, how does it matter now?
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Appendix showing lymphoid hyperplasia: you knocked off a perfectly normal one.
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Poorly preserved biopsies from multiple sites, unsuitable for definite opinion: only a necropsy can solve the issue!