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    • A little bit of matter and a little bit more - Liffey Speller
    • Echinolone - Nina Liebenberg
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    • For fuck's sake - Ashley Walters
    • Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) - Damien Schumann
    • I Am Here Also - Chad Rossouw
    • Icarus - Nina Liebenberg
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    • Silvered ball of constriction - Natasja de Wet
    • Subtle Thresholds - The representational taxonomies of disease - Fritha Langerman
    • Teratoma - Damien Schumann
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    • Varkie I & Varkie II - Elizabeth Gunter
  • Disease Themes
    • Classic cases of tuberculosis
      • Primary pulmonary tuberculosis in childhood
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    • When things go wrong: congenital anomalies
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PLC specimens in the community

Our specimens visited the Bokmakierie Hazendal community on Youth Day, to highlight the dangers of tobacco use.
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Beyond the Body - A Portrait of Autopsy

This art exhibition explored ethical and sociocultural issues around postmortem procedures.
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PLC LAUNCHES LANGUAGE OF PATHOLOGY APP

September 2020: Our App now available for download from Apple and Android App stores.
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UCT Surgical pathology photographic archive

This collection is in the care of the Pathology Learning Centre. View a snapshot here:
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