posted: August 15, 2023
A 57 years old female presented with a palpable concern in the right breast. A 26 mm solid irregular mass was seen on diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound, assessed as Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) 5...
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posted: July 28, 2023
19-years-old female with left leg pain for 3 months. Diagnostic imaging revealed a 2 cm tumor at the peroneal nerve. A resection of the mass was offered and tissue was sent to pathology for evaluation.
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posted: July 12, 2023
The Summer edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: June 29, 2023
This is a 73-year-old female with right knee pain for few months. MRI was performed and shows a 7.5 cm a heterogenous soft tissue lesion. A biopsy is taken.
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posted: April 26, 2023
72 year-old male with no significant past medical history who presented with abdominal pain, loss of appetite and weight loss. Per imaging, the patient has liver, pancreas, peritoneal and lung lesions consistent with a...
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posted: March 31, 2023
The Spring edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: March 27, 2023
A 68-year-old Black woman with h/o stable pulmonary nodules, intermittent right eye scleritis, bilateral parotid swelling, and elevated serum angiotensin converting enzyme and lysozyme presented with new onset fatigue...
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posted: February 13, 2023
This is a 34-year-old female underwent an excision of a polypoid uterine mass. Histopathology slide is provided below.
H & E SlideView Final DiagnosisFinal Diagnosis: Mullerian Adenosarcoma, High-Grade with...
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posted: January 25, 2023
This is a 59 year old female with history of HIV who presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Upper endoscopy was performed and shows esophageal and upper gastric varices. Liver U/S biopsy was performed along with...
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posted: December 8, 2022
The December edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: November 28, 2022
75-years-old-male presented with sudden onset of epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting. CT scan showed possible gallbladder wall thickening and sludge. MRI confirmed these findings with possible polypoid lesions...
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posted: November 2, 2022
0n October 28th and 29th, the GAP held its best-attended meeting in recent history at The Whitley in Atlanta. With keynote talks from Drs. Victor Reuter and Oluwole Fadare, gift card giveaways, and the election of a new...
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posted: October 31, 2022
59-year-old male with history of Hypertension who recently complained of cough and congestion. Chest X-ray and CT scan showed a 14 cm pleural based left lower lung lesion. He underwent left thoracotomy and resection of the...
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posted: October 12, 2022
The GAP is pleased to (re)announce that our own Dr. Patrick Godbey has been named "Pathologist of the Year" by the CAP (please see below for link to the story). Dr. Godbey is a long-term member of the GAP Board...
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posted: September 29, 2022
A 72-year-old female presented with multiple lung and brain lesions with no lymphadenopathy and no renal disease. A lung wedge biopsy was performed and sent for histopathological examination.
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posted: September 8, 2022
The September edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: August 24, 2022
A 51-year-old male with history of high-risk IgG Lambda multiple myeloma with multiple lytic bone lesions (C7, T4, left side manubrium, right distal humerus, right maxillary tuberosity, and right femur), positive for...
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posted: July 26, 2022
28 year old female with a 2.8 cm liver mass that was discovered incidentally. Per radiology report the liver mass demonstrate a T2 hyper intense signal. A needle core biopsy is performed and sent for pathology. Links to H...
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posted: June 29, 2022
This is a 38-year-old male with history of polymyositis who presented with anterior mediastinal mass. Per radiology the mass measures 3.8 cm. An incisional biopsy was performed and sent to pathology. Representative...
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posted: June 1, 2022
The June edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: May 24, 2022
This is a 43-year-old female with history of serous borderline tumor (SBT) of the right ovary with ovarian surface involvement and positive pelvic washing, without non-invasive or invasive implant, status post right...
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posted: May 9, 2022
Several members of the GAP participated in the CAP Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. from April 30th-May 3rd, including GAP President Dr. Dean Joelson, Dr. George Birdsong (chair of the Georgia CAP House of Delegates...
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posted: April 26, 2022
This is a 73-year-old male patient with a biopsy proven invasive adenocarcinoma of the right colon who underwent imaging work-up before colectomy that shows 8 cm subhepatic cystic lesion in the right upper quadrant. During...
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posted: April 22, 2022
The Georgia Legislature has adjourned for the 2022 session, and Senate Bill 525 has been referred to the Georgia Occupational Regulation Review Council (GORRC). GORCC ensures that proposed new licensure requirements are...
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posted: March 21, 2022
This is a 69-year-old patient with a remote history of skin cancer in his knee area, status post excision, nivolumab treatment and radiation therapy. Follow-up PET scan shows disease progression in the retroperitoneal...
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posted: March 8, 2022
The March edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: February 22, 2022
Senate Bill 525 (SB 525) has been introduced in the Georgia Senate by Senators Robertson, Tillery, and Albers. The bill would amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia, which is the part of Georgia law that deals with...
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posted: February 14, 2022
This is a 64 year old female with a 3.9 cm left renal mass incidentally discovered on CT scan during workup for microhematuria. The mass was cystic and within interpolar region of the left kidney. A partial nephrectomy was...
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posted: January 18, 2022
This is a 62-year-old patient with over 2-year history of right facial swelling. MRI shows an isolated T2 hyper intense masticator space mass with post contrast enhancement. No masses or lymphadenopathy are noted elsewhere...
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posted: December 13, 2021
The December edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: December 1, 2021
This is a 57-year-old female with persistent nasal congestion and fullness that was refractory to nasal sprays. Per provided imaging, a frontoethmoidal lesion was identified in the sinonasal area with possible skull base...
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posted: December 1, 2021
The GAP is pleased to announce the winners of our ARP Raffle. Thanks to the generosity of ARP Press, the GAP was able to hold a membership raffle. As of October 1st, 2021, all members were eligible to receive an ARP...
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posted: November 18, 2021
The GAP is extremely proud of our recently completely wild, wild, wild (in the best kind of a way) 2021 Annual Meeting at the Andaz in Savannah, GA. The audience no doubt felt the (metaphorical) noise. I would love to...
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posted: November 1, 2021
This is a 72-year-old female with past medical history of diabetes who presented with black stool and iron deficiency anemia. Upper endoscopy was performed and showed large friable soft mass located in the gastric body...
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posted: September 3, 2021
The fifth edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: August 12, 2021
The GAP is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the American Registry of Pathology (ARP), publishers of the fascicles (known by the old-timers as the AFIP Fascicles). The full extent of the partnership is still to...
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posted: June 17, 2021
The GAP is pleased to announce that Cigna has rescinded its decision to stop paying for the professional component of clinical lab services. The GAP addressed this issue on our website, and on May 18th, 2021, the GAP Board...
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posted: June 16, 2021
by Lara Harik, MDCongresswoman Nikema Williams toured the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Laboratories at Emory University School of Medicine, in Atlanta, GA on June 3rd, 2021.The event was organized...
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posted: June 4, 2021
The fourth edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: May 11, 2021
On May 5th, Governor Kemp signed House Bill 93 (as recommended by the GAP), eliminating state licensure of clinical laboratories here in Georgia. Rules for certification now fall back to CMS/CLIA regulations. It is...
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posted: May 3, 2021
Cigna has announced that as of July 11th, it will stop paying the professional component of clinical lab services to many pathologists.What, exactly, does this mean?Pathologists, like all physicians, get paid for...
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posted: April 23, 2021
On April 15th, the President signed bipartisan legislation that stops the 2% sequester cut from kicking in on April 1st.Medicare, which had not been processing claims from April 1st in anticipation of this legislation...
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posted: March 19, 2021
Medicare Cuts Looming Without ActionIssue: Without action, pathologists in Georgia and throughout the country will face a 2% cut to their Medicare paymentsRecommendation: Contact your House representative and both Senators...
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posted: March 17, 2021
The third edition of GAPNews is now available!
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posted: August 26, 2020
We are happy to share with you the second edition of
GAPNews.
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posted: June 22, 2020
The American Board of Pathology has released a new Annual Report, which focuses on 2019 as a year of change, innovation and new programs for candidates and diplomats.
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posted: June 3, 2020
We are happy to launch our periodic GAPNews Newsletter. We hope this newsletter service will keep you updated on everything happening behind the scenes within GAP, in between the annual meetings. It is during these times...
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posted: May 8, 2020
GAP thanks Georgia legislators for joining GAP efforts to grant pathologists a temporary waiver to work remotely given the COVID-19 crisis.
Letter to Representative Buddy Carter
Letter to Representative Jody Hice
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posted: August 6, 2019
On behalf of the members of the American Society for Clinical Pathology, I am writing to urge Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to reverse its plans to reduce payment rates for pathology and laboratory medicine services...
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posted: January 10, 2019
The Georgia Association of Pathology has recently re-formed and we invite you to become a part of our community for all Georgia pathologists. We are a non-profit professional association dedicated to advancing the...
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posted: January 1, 2019
We are very pleased to announce that the Georgia Association of Pathology (GAP), effective January 1st, will be managed by WJ Weiser & Associates, Inc. (Weiser), located in Schaumburg, Illinois. WJ Weiser &...
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