Histopathology on Step 1?

[mercur]

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Hey, how much histopathology should I know for step 1. I go to a school where we take step 1 after our clinical year, and I don't remember much histo/histopath. Would it be worthwhile to relearn all of the tissue types, what orphan annie nuclei look like etc.? And if so, is there an efficient review book for that stuff? Thanks a lot!

 

[seminoma]

Probably start with what's in FA, then just depend on qbanks after that. That's what I plan to do, but our curriculum does focus kind of a lot on histopath.

 

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

There may be an online resource that you can skim through for what you need, but I wouldn't purchase any books just for histo/histopath. It seems like it would be a waste of time and $, plus FA should be sufficient. If there is a specific type of cell that is characteristic of a certain disease, I would certainly know it.

 

[Transposony]

http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html#MENU

 

[DrEnderW]

I was going to post the above link as well. It's an excellent resource.

 

[Phloston]

Hey, how much histopathology should I know for step 1. I go to a school where we take step 1 after our clinical year, and I don't remember much histo/histopath. Would it be worthwhile to relearn all of the tissue types, what orphan annie nuclei look like etc.? And if so, is there an efficient review book for that stuff? Thanks a lot!

Histo is LY for Step 1, but know what the following looks like:

Sertoli vs Leydig cells (i.e., seminiferous tubules)
Proliferative vs secretory endometrium (i.e., straight vs coiled glands)
Gap junctions on EM (I know that sounds odd, but it's on the NBMEs)
Sarcomeres on EM (know the different lines/bands)
Granulomas (i.e., to identify Crohn or sarcoidosis, etc.)
Germinal centres (i.e., to identify Hashimoto's)
Keratin pearls + intercellular bridges (SCC)
Basophilic islands + nests of cells (BCC)
Linear vs net-like immunofluoresence (e.g., Bullous pemphigoid vs Pemphigus vulgaris)
KW nodues (for diabetic glomerulosclerosis; looks sort of like keratin pearls in SCC)