CSPEI Submission Guidelines
California Society of Pathologists Electronic Images Editorial Board
Editor in Chief
William Yong MD, FCAP, UC Irvine, Orange, CA
Editorial Board
Ali Afsari MD, UC Irvine, Orange, CA
Adam Cloe MD, FCAP, Quest Diagnostics, West Hills, CA (Organizing Editor)
Dorina Gui MD, PhD, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA
Elena Enbom MD, FCAP, Quest Diagnostics, West Hills, CA (Organizing Editor)
Saman Karimi MD, UC Irvine, Orange, CA
Yuna Kang MD, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Shino Magaki MD, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Yalda Naeni MD, St John’s Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA
Alexander Nobori MD, Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles, CA
Mahra Nourbakhsh MD, PhD, FRCP, FCAP, Neogenomics Laboratories, Aliso Viejo, CA
Maryam Pezhouh MD, FCAP, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Sonam Prakash MD, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Jason Scapa MD, FCAP, Kaiser Permanente, Anaheim, CA
Nick Shillingford MD, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Oksana Volod MD, FCAP Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Evan Yung MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
California Society of Pathologists Electronic Images (CSPEI) Series
GOAL: To educate and to inform pathologists in an enjoyable and interesting format. To improve healthcare in California and beyond.
WHO SHOULD SUBMIT: Trainees and pathologists (community, academic, industry, veteran administration, military, governmental, anatomic or clinical pathologists, other).
WHAT TO SUBMIT: Interesting educational images of rare cases, classic examples, humorous images (histopath, gross, charts, tables, gels, animal models, molecular data, AP, CP, forensics, other) that might be of interest to Pathologists. The images and text should be original. However, public domain and creative commons licensed images will be considered if text is original. CSPEIs are posted on CSP's social media including and not limited to Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter/X.
COPYRIGHT: CSP makes no copyright claim to your images or text however be cognizant that it will be posted to social media sites and are subject to their terms of use and also to potential misuse in the greater internet space. The CSPEI cases may be reshared in other formats. The CSPEI cases may be collected into a book or other format and used to raise funds for the society. If you have any copyright concerns, please do not submit.
How to Submit
Step 1: Provide one high quality image. Ideally 1080x1080 pixels. Use arrow or asterisk etc. if a structure or cell needs to be highlighted. Send image as attachment not embedded in word document.
Step 2: Provide text content for the image not to exceed 2200 characters. This includes:
Title:
Question:
Answer:
References and/or fun facts (Optional):
Authors, affiliations:
Step 3: Email the image and text content to cspathsocial@gmail.com and cc: Yongwh@hs.uci.edu as well as all submitting authors. Include a statement that: All authors understand that their submission will be posted on social media and are subject to their licensing requirements. All authors also agree that submitted material may be used, displayed, or republished by the CSP in a book, electronic format, or other formats.
Examples of Submissions
Example 1
Title: 22 year-old female with pancytopenia.
Question: What is the significance of this cell seen in her peripheral blood smear?
Answer: This cell is a circulating myeloblast. The small pink rod in the cytoplasm is an Auer rod, a needle-shaped structure that that is virtually diagnostic for a myeloid neoplasm, such as acute myeloid leukemia and high grade myelodysplastic syndromes or myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms. Auer rods are partly composed of lysosomal enzymes and peroxide proteins found in myeloid cells.
Fun fact: Auer rods were named after the physiologist John Auer, but they were originally described by Thomas McCrae.
Bonus fun fact: both men mistakenly thought Auer rods were found in lymphoblasts.
Author, affiliation: Adam Cloe MD, Quest Diagnostics West Hills.
Example 2
Title: Gangrenous extremity with a worm?
Question: What is the etiology of this intravascular serpentine structure?
Answer: Patients with severe peripheral vascular disease may undergo peripheral catheterization or angioplasty. The catheters are coated with hydrophilic polymers that can detach and may be seen as intravascular basophilic serpentine or worm-like structures with granular or lamellated contents. With degeneration, the polymers may become eosinophilic. Unlike many foreign objects, the polymer fragments are not refractile and non-polarizable, and can be confused for a parasite. These polymer emboli may cause tissue injury in various organs though, in our experience, tissue injury may be inapparent. Associated granulomatous and inflammatory changes have been reported. 1. Mehta RI, Mehta RI. J Patient Saf. 2021 Dec 1;17(8):e1069-e1079. 2. Mehta RI et al. Mod Pathol. 2010 Jul;23(7):921-30.
Authors, affiliations: Ellee Vikram Medical Student 2, William Yong MD, FCAP- UC Irvine
