General Tips for the Pathology Exam

Rule of Thumb:
1. Definition

2. Classification (if any)

3. Morphology

a. Macroscopy b. Microscopy
 * What does it look like from the naked eye?
 * Colour? Consistency?
 * What does it looks like under the microscope?
 * Key features? (e.g. Reed-Sternberg Cells in Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
 * Staining.

4. Complications
 * The main complications of any pathology. Always remember that the main complication of any malignant tumour is metastasis.

5. Prognosis