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Normal and Cirrhotic Liver
The CT scan on the left shows a normal sized liver in the context of a romantic evening with a couple sharing a beer at sunset by the sea .
The CT scan on the right shows a shrunken cirrhotic liver in the context of a person drinking alone and excesssively iwith raging clouds in the sky.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
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Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Ratio
The normal (upper) and the abnormally large nucleus (lower)
Two histological sections above show a normal nuclear cytoplasmic ratio of some liver cells in the upper panel and cells with an increased nuclear cytoplasmic ratio on the lower panel indicating malignant change. The experienced eye and mind of the pathologist develops a geshtalt of what the normal ratio. This is a difficult measurement to make objectively.
Courtesy Barbara Banner MD
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Reproduced from a remarkable advertisement of Prince Chunky Spaghetti Sauce
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Witchdoctor – Gallbladders in his Headress
In the Zulu culture, the Sangoma or witchdoctor,wears a headress ornamented with the gallbladders of cattle. The Zulus believe that the uterus and the similalrly pearshaped gall bladder both receive and give life.
Copyright Ashley Davidoff MD 2018
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“Sangoma ” – South African Witchdoctor – Gallbladders in her Headress
In the Zulu culture the Sangoma or witchdoctor wears a headress ornamented with the gallbladders of cattle. The Zulus believe that the uterus and the similalrly pearshaped gall bladder both receive and give life.
Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD
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Spheriodal, Tubular, and Ovoid shapes in the Chest

This artistic rendition of the heart and lungs uses the shape of fruit and vegetables to create an image of the chest. The lungs are made of grapes, the pulmonary arteries are made of carrots, the ribs are made of banana peel and the heat is made of a red pepper. 02032p Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD. accessory cardiac heart lung bone PA grape banana peel ribs Davidoff art

Sphericals in the Round

Grapes of the lung – alveoli

This artistic rendition of the workhorses of the lung – the alveoli – the appearance of the alveoli around the terminal airways has been likned to bunch of grapes.

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The Shape of the Grape

Snow covered red berries – the contrats between the cherry red and the snow white make them look delicious. Davidoff . 02160p

Liver cells on the moon

This artistic rendition of a group of histological group of liver cells that have been transformed into a ball with a crater like appearance of a colorful moon.

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Corona Radiata

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A Dancing with Circles

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4The alveolus – the centre of the pulmonary universe

The five major layers that keep the air moving include the outer bony cage, the muscular layer represented in maroon, the pleural complex (orange yellow orange) the lung (blue) and surfactant within the alveolus. (pink) 42530b05b09b01a08 Davidoff art

Blastocyst – Pre- embryonic ball – Division after Division Multiplication to a Unit

Units to unity – a blastocyst is formed

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Grapes of the lung – alveoli

This artistic rendition of the workhorses of the lung – the alveoli – the appearance of the alveoli around the terminal airways has been likned to bunch of grapes.

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Sperm and Egg

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Round and Oval Nuclii – Polygonal Liver Cells

13440b liver hepatic nucleus cytoplasm polygonal shape hepatocytes Kuppfer cells TCV concepts histology cytology Courtesy Barbara Banner MD

Malignancy in the Round

Small Cell Carcinoma of the lung Pleural fluid cytology preparation showing group of dark blue cells with scant cytoplasm consistent with small cell carcinoma. Courtesy Armando Fraire MD. 32825 code lung pulmonary pleura neoplasm malignant malignancy primary lung small cell carcinoma cytopathology

Educational Excercise – Approach to the Diagnosis of Lung Nodules

Half a Round

Reconstructing the Shape of the Breast – TRAM operation Left Breast

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The Spleen

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Almost Round

Gland and its Ductule

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Ovals

Flask Shapes

Tear Drop and Pear

Tear Drop

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Pear Shaped Gallbladder

17084 gallbladder + fx distended + wall edema dx distal common bile duct stone imaging radiology MRI

Normal Pear Shaped Uterus

46749 hx young female presentingwith vaginal bleeding for 2 weeks, hematocrit of 25, left lower quadrant pain, and LLQ mass HCG 7000 fx uterus endometrial stripe ovary fx no intrauterine pregnancy Davidoff MD

Pear Shaped Endometrium – Premenstrual

46317 uterus endometrium shape size normal anatomy USscan Davidoff MD

The Pathway to Conception

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Pear Shaped Female

This CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis showed a floral pattern on both sides of the abdomen. The pattern is likely reflective of a pattern on the patients garment, and is made from dense material that probably has a metallic base. Volume rendering of the image accentuates the emblem. Note the characteristic pear shape of female body

Waterbottle

Candy Cane Shape of the Arch

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Bean Shape

Bean

Bean Shape

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Kidney Shape

25198 kidney renal abdomen abdominal cavity large bowel descending colon fx colonic hernia through posterior wall of abdominal cavity dx incisional hernia following nephrectomy note also how the small bowel in the LUQ has taken on the shape and form of the kidney but the vessels that are supplying it are from the SMA and SMV CTscan Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD

Heart

Heart Shape

Carcinoma of the Cervix in a Bicornuate Uterus Complicated by Obstruction

74 year old female with bicornuate uterus and dilated endometrial cavities Diagnosis is carcinoma of the cervix with obstruction . The myometrium is overlaid in dark pink, and the endometrial cavity is a heterogeneous orange consisting of both fluid and soft tissue elements.

Incidental note is made of gastroesophageal reflux

Curves

Sigmoid Curve

Sigmoid

Serpiginous

Moray Eels – Serpiginous

83076.800 eels biology serpiginous snake like shape anatomy the common vein applied biology zoology applied anatomy Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD

Serpiginous Splenic Artery – Da Vinci

This is a drawing of the “meseraic vessels” – presumably the celiac axis. Da Vinci was able to interview and perform an autopsy on a centenarian. He describes the dessicated and tortuos state of the vessels of this patient accurately depicting the atherosclerotic process. He describes the narrowed lumen and the consequences of poor blood flow.The translation of da Vinci’s text accompanying this one inch image is remarkably insightful and pioneering. (see atherosclerosis hisrorical da Vinci) 13045b

Serpiginous Spenic Artery

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Sutures of the Skull

46304b04 bone skull suture shape CTscan Davidoff art

Tubular

Tubular Shape of the Metatarsals

46713b02 bone foot feet metatarsals normal anatomy tubular shape applied biology X-ray plain film Davidoff MD

Linear Shapes

Branching

The Shape of the Grape – Branching Systems in Nature

Snow covered red berries – the contrats between the cherry red and the snow white make them look delicious. Davidoff . 02160p

Horse Shoe

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Tortuous

Triangular

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39540 In general the adrenal glands are triangular in shape and are reminiscent of the shape of the “wishbone” or the breast bone of the chicken. (Image courtesy of Ashley Davidoff M.D.) code adrenal gland shape normal chicken breast drawing

Adrenals

39509 As a paired organ you would think that they would be perfectly symmetrical, like the hands or feet, but in fact they look quite different, particularly in cross-section. The right tends to be long and thin and the left short and stout. adrenal shape size anatomy Davidoff art

Bat Wing – Two Triangles

Star shape

Starfish

83062.800 starfish shape stellate structure the common vein anatomy applied biology Courtsey Ashley Davidoff MD

Stellate

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Stellate

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Spiculated Lung Nodule

46361 lung fx spiculated nodule dx carcinoma CTscan Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD

Spiculated Lung Nodule

46361b01 lung fx spiculated nodule dx carcinoma CTscan Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD

Corona Radiata

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Heart Shaped

Heart Shaped Bladder

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Rectangles

An artistic rendition of columnar epithelium

An artistic rendition of a simple columnar epithelium (left) is compared to the columnar appearance of a block of apartments. The photograph taken from theKennedy Museum in Boston frames the columnar shaped apartments. (right)

Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD

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Folds

Stomach Folds and Tree Trunk Folds

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Anal Folds and Tree Trunk Folds

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Pectinate – Comb

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Box Shape

02018p incomplete accessory pot o’ gold box – yellow wealth rich Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD. Davidoff photography

Cauda Equina

70125b01.800 A brown horse in a green meadow early in the spring Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD code accessory interesting horse brown Davidoff photography

Mercedes Benz Sign

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