The Pensieve

non patho quote of the day!

“i believe some day i will find a k750i lying somewhere waiting for me….”
— anthony

i can barely imagine…

been stuck on the computer from yesterday till today frantically trying to look at all the slides and pots again.

thanks to eugene (i think it was him), our web master rite? who loaded the entire site into our surviva.org which has almost unlimited bandwidth… cuz the slides were originally on geocities (which we all know got such a limited bandwidth)… luckily, or else i would be so screwed up!

XYZ, a medical student who has been studying for his pathology examination for a month, discovered a pimple on his nose while washing his face in the morning.

a. Describe the gross morphology of a pimple. [3]

b. Explain the pathogenesis of formation of a pimple and list two organisms frequently implicated. [4]

While washing his face, XYZ could not help but burst the pimple. He noted that a yellowish, mildly sticky fluid oozed out from the pimple.

c. Describe the histological features of the yellowish fluid. [3]

distinction viva question:
d. Hypothesise the pathogenesis behind a pimple formation, even though XYZ is currently post-pubertal, maintains good facial hygiene, and has not recently nicked himself while shaving. [heh heh heh]