@TotalCytopath

Cytopathologist and breast pathologist at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM).

Joined May 2020
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My tweets are NOT medical advice. Do NOT perform FNA on yourself and diagnose yourself at home based on my tweets.
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Pepe Jiménez Heffernan@pepeheffernanSep 4
CC392. For the boards. Adult patient with lung Ca and suspected meningeal carcinomatosis. CSF sample (1.0 ml). How would you report it? #cytopath A. Non-Diagnostic B. Negative for Malignancy C. AUS D. Suspicious for malignancy E. Malignant
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For people who primarily sign out breast: how many mastectomy specimens do you see per year? How many cancer resections?
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From the article's description this sounds like a terrible decision. xitter.cf/CTVVancouver/status/20…
CTV News Vancouver
@CTVVancouverSep 10
B.C. tribunal orders doctor to pay $28K after finding he discriminated against trans teen ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article…

B.C. doctor discriminated against trans youth by refusing puberty blocker, tribunal finds

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has found that a family doctor discriminated against his young transgender patient by refusing to give her a puberty-blocking medication, awarding a total of $28,100 in...

ctvnews.ca
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In general, I don't believe physicians ought to be made to participate in treatments that violate their conscience, outside of some emergency circumstances.
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And in this case, the evidence base for the treatment is quite weak anyhow, with national health authorities disagreeing radically on the question.
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TIL the word "rare" describes things that happen in up to 11% of patients.
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Today's gem: "Neoplasms were defined as tumors that are not NN [non-neoplastic]". The logic checks out!
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"Adenomata"
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It's PHILIPPE STEPHENSON, MD FRCPC by the way.
Yuan Yi Zhu
@yuanyi_zAug 25
People who insist on their names being written in lowercase are, almost without exception, the most annoying people you will meet.
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Controversially, I believe the point of cytopathology is to diagnose lesions, and not to assign each sample a category number in a classification scheme.
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A woman is holding one of the local pigeons and feeding it out of her hand, conveniently right beside the hospital. Should I consult ID immediately?
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When you have a deep understanding of what's normal/expected, even subtle abnormalities become obvious.
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I think after the pandemic, and the numerous missteps by public health authorities and physicians, a bit of humility is in order. It's probably more effective at reaching people as well.
Dr. Brian Goldman
@NightShiftMDAug 1
I’m done honouring the rights of antivaxxers to express their ignorant and malicious opinions. They need to be charged with spreading dangerous health disinformation. We’ve been treating them like they’re mildly amusing.
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🦀 Medical record: Laryngectomy (Squamous Cell Carcinoma) 🤔 Suspected thyroid metastasis. A 23mm thyroid lobe, heterogeneous. 💉 Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration performed by Interventional Pathologist. 1️⃣ pass. 25g. 🔬 Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Bethesda VI.
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Got my son's birth certificate in the mail. He's now born-certified.
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I was shocked to learn this morning that one of my residents didn't know Dr Charles Nichols in the The Fugitive is a pathologist. How is he going to famously switch the samples if he isn't a pathologist?!
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This is such a good troll.
Bob Golen
@BobGolenJul 18
I found this interesting Despite the black queen threatening the white king White is actually not in check If it is white's move White wins by advancing the pawn and promoting it to a queen or rook
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Philippe Stephenson, MD retweeted
Adam Cifu
@adamcifuJul 17
What’s worse, having cyclospora diarrhea or being outed that you eat at Taco Bell?
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Very well played. And yes, the damn thing is an eyesore.
Daniel Keller
@dnlklrJul 16
Is nothing sacred to these AI freaks???? Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison just built this monstrous data center in the very heart of Paris—only steps away from Notre-Dame and the Louvre. Can’t the EU do something?
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The greatest miracle in conception is when the zygote goes back in time to be two weeks old at the moment of conception.
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