Naked Pathology

Video commentaries of human histopathology specimens from London pathology museums. Produced by Jem Rashbass for the Royal College of Pathologists, London.

01 May 2011

A 1951 autopsy specimen, from a 34 year old woman who was known to have suffered from rheumatic carditis since the age...

01 May 2011

A surgical resection specimen from a 43 year old man who presented with an eighteen month history of intermittent...

01 May 2011

A 1969 autopsy specimen from a 64 year old man who collapsed in his GP's surgery with severe retrosternal pain, he...

01 May 2011

A 1981 autopsy specimen from a 52 year old man who had suffered from chronic renal failure of unknown aetiology for...

01 May 2011

A 1954 autopsy specimen from an 80 year old woman who fell at home having tripped over a carpet edge sustaining a...

01 May 2011

A 1937 surgical resection specimen consisting of a bisected testis and epididymis showing multiple foci of caseating...

01 May 2011

A 1933 autopsy specimen onsisting of the bisected kidney from a fatal case of melioidosis, showing multiple small pale...

01 May 2011

Surgical resection specimen from a 19 year old man with tuberculosis of the right upper lobe and left lower lobes. The...

01 May 2011

An autopsy specimen from a woman who died of pernicious anaemia in 1924. No evidence of active pulmonary tuberculosis...

01 May 2011

A slice of sheep's liver showing greatly dilated bile ducts containing several liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica).

01 May 2011

A portion of skin with underlying subcutaneous tissue and muscle from a foot showing induratedmycetoma extending...

01 May 2011

A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 62 year old merchant seaman who died suddenly in Cairo. No other clinical details...

01 May 2011

A 1937 surgical resection specimen (Archibald McIndoe) comprising a large excised portion of skin and underlying...

01 May 2011

An autopsy specimen comprising the grossly mutilated left hand and distal forearm showing almost complete reabsorption...

01 May 2011

A 1934 autopsy specimen from an adult male who only reported sick two days before death with a three week history of...

01 May 2011

A 1935 autopsy specimen comprising the bladder from a 15 year old Nigerian boy who died of lobar pneumonia. The bladder...

01 May 2011

An autopsy specimen from a patient who died of renal failure due to pneumococcal septicaemia. No further clinical...

01 May 2011

A 1963 autopsy specimen from a 40 yr old schizophrenic Eteso male of Uganda, warded in a mental hospital and who for...

01 April 2011

A 59 year old man presented with gross aortic regurgitation secondary to Marfan's syndrome...

01 April 2011

A 1948 autopsy specimen from a 65 year old man who had a routine sigmoid colectomy for malignancy. Two weeks after...

01 April 2011

An autopsy specimen from a an infant who died suddenly. No further clinical information available.

01 April 2011

A horizontal section of the upper heart showing the anatomical relations of the tricuspid, mitral, aortic and pulmonary...

01 April 2011

A 1926 autopsy specimen from a 3 year old boy admitted with respiratory difficulty. It was thought that a foreign body...

01 April 2011

An autopsy specimen from a 66 year old diabetic woman, who had developed considerable pain and rapidly deepening...