AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is divided into several parts that concern
• The techniques used in histopathology, cytopathology, immunochemistry, in situ hybridization and molecular pathology.
• The indications and purposes of the autopsy.
• The systematic pathology of the various organs and systems.
• Correlations between macro and microscopic lesions and clinical pictures.
• For neoplastic pathology, prognostic and predictive factors of therapeutic response.
• Biopsy and cytopathology indications.
• The meaning and value of microscopic and molecular findings in the definition of various diseases.
• The course also includes a professional part in which cases of diagnostics are analyzed, highlighting how to fill out a request for an anatomopathological examination and how to interpret a report. This part also includes the microscopic discussion of clinical-pathological cases.

TEACHING METHODS

Classroom lessons and slide seminars

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY PATHOLOGY
Coronary syndromes and myocardial infarction (causes and mechanisms, morphology and evolution)
Endocarditis and valvulopathy (classification, pathology and complications)
Cardiac hypertrophy and cardiomegaly. Congestive heart failure
Myocarditis and cardiomyopathy. Diagnostic role of endomyocardial biopsy
Pericarditis and haemopericardium
Sudden cardiac death: morphological aspects
Aneurysms and degenerative pathology of large vases: morphological aspects
Vasculitis: morphological aspects
Pulmonary Edema, Infarction, Embolism, Pulmonary Hypertension
Respiratory distress in  adults and newborn
Air lung content alterations (emphysema and atelectasia).
Chronic obstructive and restrictive pneumopathies: natural history and morphological aspects
Pneumonia, bronchopneumonia and lung abscess: morphological aspects
Pneumoconiosis: etiopathogenesis, morphological aspects and natural history.
Interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary fibrosis: morphological aspects
Tuberculosis and sarcoidosis: morphological aspects
Lung tumors: Classification criteria, morphological aspects, isto-prognostic correlations and natural history
Pleuritis and pleural tumors: Morphological aspects
Cytological examination: generality and applications in pulmonary pathology

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robbins & Cotran- Le basi patologiche delle malattie. EDRA MASSON (9a ediz. Italiana, 2015)

Gallo e D’Amati- Anatomia Patologica – La sistematica. UTET (1 a ediz., 2008)

Ruco e Scarpa- Anatomia Patologica – Le basi. UTET (1 a ediz., 2008)

All the slides shown in the course can be downloaded from Aulaweb