501695 - PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY (A-L)

courses

ID:

501695

Duration (hours):

64

CFU:

SSD:

ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA

Year:

2025

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (02/03/2026 - 05/06/2026)

Course Objectives

1) Knowing the role of pathological anatomy within a modern integrated multidisciplinary diagnostic approach, enhancing the aspects related to both traditional histopathological examination and the application of the most recent ancillary diagnostic techniques, including immunomolecular test. 2) Knowing the main anatomical-pathological alterations of the organs and systems as a need to understand and explain the pathophysiology and clinical symptoms associated with the various diseases. 3) To be able to understand the anatomical-pathological reports, integrating them with the clinical, laboratory and radiological data, and to extrapolate the diagnostic and prognostic-predictive information useful for the most appropriate therapeutic choices.

Course Prerequisites

In order to be able to adequately address the pathological anatomy study and thus to undergo the examination, it is appropriate to have attended the courses and to have achieved the skills required to pass the exams of the first 4 years of the degree course, with particular reference to some fundamental teachings such as: a) Biology And genetics, b) Histology, c) Human anatomy, d) Human physiology, e) Immunology and general pathology, f) Microbiology, g) Diagnostic of images, h) Blood diseases

Teaching Methods

Lectures, case studies on diagnostic samples. Professors are available for clarification on the topics of the program.

Assessment Methods

Oral exam with multiple questions aimed at ascertaining the knowledge acquired on the anatomo-pathological features of the different pathologies in correlation with clinical, semeiological and laboratory-instrumental data and the ability to critically interpret the meaning of ancillary and molecular examinations in the diagnostic context. The assessment will also take into account the ability to communicate and use an appropriate scientific language.

Texts

Robbins and Cotran, Pathological Bases of Diseases (X ed)

PRINCIPLES OF ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY: Diagnostic pathways in anatomy pathology. Main diagnostic methodologies and ancillary techniques (immunohistochemistry, molecular and cytogenetic biology) in the pathology laboratory: basic technical principles and major application areas. CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY: Arteriosclerosis; hypertension; Myocardial infarction; Congenital cardiopathy; Pericarditis-Endocarditis. PATHOLOGY OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM: esophagitis; esophagus tumors; gastritis; malabsorption; inflammatory bowel diseases; pancreatitis; pancreatic tumors; intestinal tumors; hepatitis; cirrhosis; hepatic and biliary tract tumors. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE APPARATUS PATHOLOGY: Cervical and vulvar pathology; Uterine and ovarian pathology; placental disorders. NEOPLASTIC AND NON-NEOPLASTIC BREAST PATHOLOGY. NEFRO-UROLOGICAL PATHOLOGY: kidney and urinary tract malformations; renal cystic diseases; urolithiasis and obstructive uropathy; vascular and renal tubular-interstitial pathology; tubular-interstitial pathology, kidney and urinary tract infections; glomerular pathology; prostate and testicular pathology; Kidney and urinary tumors. LINFOEMATOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY Lymphadenitis and lymphoproliferative disorders; Non-Hodgkin lymphomas, nodal and extranodal; immunodeficiency-related lymphomas; disorders of the dendritic-macrophage system; mediastinal pathology; thyroid diseases. RESPIRATORY PATHOLOGY: Tumors of the head-neck region; Acute and infectious lung disorder; Pulmonary obstructive pulmonary disease; Lung diseases; pulmonary neoplasms; pleural pathology. NERVOUS SYSTEM PATHOLOGY: Malignant tumors of the central and peripheral nervous system; Vascular pathology of the CNS; Infectious pathology and degenerative disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system. SKIN, BONE AND SOFT TISSUE PATHOLOGY: Non-neoplastic skin pathology; Skin tumors; Soft tissue and bone tumors. PEDIATRIC TUMORS. ENDOCRINE PATHOLOGY: neoplastic and non-neoplastic thyroid and parathyroids pathology; neuroendocrine tumors; neoplastic and non-neoplastic adrenal gland pathology