Endosalpingiosis
Banner illustration designed for the Cases from the Cooky Jar section of RadioGraphics.
I began 2021 helping RadioGraphics to launch a new section and visual article type in the journal: 'Cases from the Cooky Jar' led by the wonderful Professor Cooky Menias, the new Editor. I'll be illustrating and co-authoring a series of articles to help readers interpret the imaging presented and remember the pathology. Above is the art I designed for the banner, and below is art from the first published case.
Endosalpingiosis. Medical illustration by Dr Ciléin Kearns (artibiotics)
Endosalpingiosis is a rare, benign condition leading to cysts lined with fallopian-tube-line epithelium, mostly on the surface of female reproductive organs. Cysts can also occur on the bladder, peritoneum, lymph nodes, and skin.
The scans are presented in greyscale 'slices' that are hard to orientate and interpret; surgical views are limited, pathology photos have no anatomical context (and the colours quickly change), and histology... microscopic structures are classically hard to understand! I designed this medical illustration to try and bridge many of these types of image and summarise the problem within its anatomical context.
I also visualised some the histology more 3-dimensionally to help make sense of the microscope findings (above). I kept most of these images desaturated to highlight the ciliated epithelium layer seen in both the fallopian tubes and cysts in endosalpingiosis.
The case has been published in RadioGraphics here with the radiology and surgical images, but requires institutional access to read. I kept the rights so I can share my art without these restrictions, and am illustrating an article per issue for the next while, so keep an eye out for more rare pathology art here and on my socials!
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