The Histology Mousepad Glossary

Test your knowledge and try to identify the diagnosis!

Histology Mousepad web

Row 1

Adenoid cystic carcinoma, showing cribriform pattern

Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)

Papillary thyroid carcinoma, follicular variant, showing optically clear (“orphan Annie eyes”) nuclei, including nuclear grooves

Row 2

Cervix biopsy showing low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL, mild dysplasia, CIN 1)

Benign hyperplastic colon polyps

Basal cell carcinoma, showing tumor sheets with cleft artifact and keratinization..

Row 3

Adenoid cystic carcinoma, showing perineural invasion

Paget’s Disease of the breast (nipple)

Adenocarcinoma in situ of lung (lepidic growth pattern)

Row 4

Well differentiated, grade 1, invasive ductal carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma (left) and normal kidney (right)