#pathology shitpost

[dr-ladybird]

Neutrophils are a very common, very important type of white blood cell. They sniff out bacteria, eat them and/or ooze toxic chemicals at them, and then die and turn into pus.

and sometimes they smile

[dr-ladybird]

time to swear at cancer

my professors are abbreviating “mycosis fungoides” to “MF” again

this biopsy clearly demonstrates MF

[dr-ladybird]

Hodgkin’s lymphoma: caused by very tiny owls getting into the lymph nodes

small evil purple owl

[dr-ladybird]

hey thank you for sharing science! it makes me very happy

Thanks!

did you know there’s a quite common, not very dangerous kind of ovarian tumour that grows teeth, greasy hair, and little confused attempts at brain tissue

you have to remove it before it becomes pac-man and tries to eat the uterus

(nah seriously they’re nbd, just remove them with keyhole surgery and they’re fixed)

OVARY TEETH

SCIENCE