OSCE

Question 1

Answer 1

Normal pancreas

Pink with many vacuoles but some areas very dense pink

Question 2

Answer 2

Pancreatic cancer

Pink but vacuoles severely distorted and wavy

Question 3

Answer 3

Normal stomach

Very light pink with many stations and thin tributaries of white separating little pink islands. Also seen are little black grains

Question 4

Answer 4

Gastric carcinoma

Purple/red with wider tributaries and fleshier islands like many eggs

Question 5

Answer 5

Haematoma

Red block with jagged edges and darker sections next to otherwise normal tissue

Question 6

Answer 6

Normal lymph node

Dense purple speckled with a lot of white

Question 7

Answer 7

Skin papilloma

Very sparse deep purple like cotton wool

Question 8

Answer 8

Normal ovary

Dense deep purple without white speckles

Question 9

Answer 9

Normal ovary

Dense deep purple without white speckles

Question 10

Answer 10

Normal cervix

Dense purple with thick ovals of vessel wall visible in darker purple

Question 11

Answer 11

Gastric carcinoma

Purple/red with wider tributaries and flashier islands like many eggs

Question 12

Answer 12

Normal spleen

Pale, faded, grainy pink with islands of darker pink

Question 13

Answer 13

Compact bone decalcified

Orange with many dark filaments in various orientations