Riding the bus
So some people on the bus today were talking about work. Apparently a cat in the Nursing Home lays down with some of the residents, and then shortly after they will die. Kind of freaky... but then how sick are the people in the nursing home? and what if the cat is carrying some sort of illness? Cats have always been cast as supernatural in ways... so it is easy to imagine some bad sign. I just know I wouldnt be letting that cat near me!
Speaking of riding the bus. One of our attendings had an interesting way of comparing neoplasia in Epithelial vs. Stromal vs. Hematopoetic cell lines. Think of Epithelial neoplasia as a teenager stuck in a house, and a metastasis is when they sneak out. You can tell that they sneak out because they get dirt on their shoes, their jacket gets wet (hey, its Seattle).... Stromal neoplasia is like a teenager who lives outside the house. Their shoes are always dirty..so you have to look at other features to determine if they are metastatic. Hematopoetic neoplasia is like a teenager who lives on a bus. They are always out and about and can go wherever they want. (Thus you dont usually call a lymphoma metastatic, because that is a given.)
Speaking of riding the bus. One of our attendings had an interesting way of comparing neoplasia in Epithelial vs. Stromal vs. Hematopoetic cell lines. Think of Epithelial neoplasia as a teenager stuck in a house, and a metastasis is when they sneak out. You can tell that they sneak out because they get dirt on their shoes, their jacket gets wet (hey, its Seattle).... Stromal neoplasia is like a teenager who lives outside the house. Their shoes are always dirty..so you have to look at other features to determine if they are metastatic. Hematopoetic neoplasia is like a teenager who lives on a bus. They are always out and about and can go wherever they want. (Thus you dont usually call a lymphoma metastatic, because that is a given.)
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