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PEDIATRIA E ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA

Teaching Staff

ANDREA DI CATALDO - Module PEDIATRIA GENERALE - MED/38 - 2 CFU
LIDIA PUZZO - Module Anatomic Pathology - MED/08 - 2 CFU

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Learning Objectives

• Anatomic Pathology
  

  At the end of the course the student must have acquired the fundamental concepts of the main reactive and neoplastic changes of tissues and organs, be able to interpret and inform correctly the patient about the pathology described in a histo-cytopathological diagnosis.

Course Structure

• Anatomic Pathology
  

  Weekly.

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Detailed Course Content

• Anatomic Pathology
  

  Elements of histocitopathological technique

  Histopathological examinations: incisional and excisional biopsies, surgical biopsy, cytological examinations. Examples

  Preservation of biological samples: chemical and physical fixation; intraoperative histological examination. Examples

  General Pathological Anatomy

  Non-neoplastic cell alterations: hypertrophy, hyperplasia, atrophy, hypotrophy, aplasia, metaplasia; examples

  Neoplasms: general characters: dysplasia, carcinoma in situ, invasive carcinoma; examples

  Benign and malignant, epithelial and non-epithelial tumors: classification; examples

  Grade and stage of neoplasia: examples

  Interpretation of an histocitopathological report.

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Textbook Information

• Anatomic Pathology
  

  Anatomia Patologica- Le basi- Luigi Ruco, Aldo Scarpa. Edizioni UTET

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