Case Reports Forensic Pathology 2022 Exercise 4: Acute Peritonitis

Authors

Rachel Yang, BS

Medical Student

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Maywood, Illinois

Constantine Kanakis, MD, MSC

Kristina Gvozdjan, MD

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, Illinois

Primary Audience: Pathologists and Clinical Scientists
Secondary Audience: Residents, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants,  Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

·       formulate a working differential diagnosis in a case of acute peritonitis;

·       identify key imaging findings in a case of peritoneal mesothelioma;

·       describe the gross pathologic findings in a patient with peritoneal mesothelioma;

·       describe the histologic features of peritoneal mesothelioma;

·       order appropriate immunohistochemical stains to differentiate among primary and secondary peritoneal malignancies; and

·       identify the inflammatory stimuli involved in tumorigenesis and particularly in the development of malignant mesothelioma.