PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY
cod. 20729

Academic year 2007/08
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Anatomia patologica (MED/08)
Field
Clinica delle specialita medico-chirurgiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
12 hours
of face-to-face activities
1.5 credits
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Integrated course unit module: DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE AND ENDOCRINE APPARATUS

Learning objectives

 Learning of fundamentals in epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, macro- and microscopic pathological anatomy, and anatomical/clinical correlations of the main lesions of the gastrointestinal tract (including pancreas and liver) and of the endocrine system

Prerequisites

 <br />Basic knowledge and passing of appropriate examinations in:<br />HUMAN ANATOMY<br />HISTOLOGY<br />GENERAL PATHOLOGY<br />HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

Course unit content

<br /><br />Fundamentals of epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, macro- and microscopic pathological anatomy, and anatomical/clinical correlations of the main lesions of the following systems:<br />Digestive system<br />Esophagus<br />Esophagitis<br />                   Reflux esophagitis, Barrett’s Esophagus<br />Malignant tumours<br />                   Squamous cell carcinoma. Adenocarcinoma<br />Stomach<br />Gastritis<br />            Acute forms<br />            Chronic forms (including H.pylori infection)<br />Peptic ulcer diseases<br />            Peptic ulcer (including duodenal ulcer)<br />            Acute gastric ulcers<br />Benign tumours (polyps)<br />Gastric carcinoma<br />Intestine<br />Malabsorption Syndromes<br />            Celiac disease<br />     Whipple’s Disease <br />Idiopathic inflammatory intestinal disease<br />            Crohn’s Disease<br />           Ulcerous rectocolitis<br />Benign tumours<br />Hyperplastic polyps.<br />Adenomas <br />Malignant tumours<br />            Colorectal carcinoma<br />Carcinoids<br />Liver<br />Alcoholic Disease<br />Hepatic cirrhosis<br />Tumours of the liver<br />Pancreas<br />Acute pancreatitis<br />Chronic pancreatitis<br />Exocrine tumours of the pancreas<br />Endocrine system<br />Thyroid<br />            Hyperthyroidism, Thyroiditis, Tumours<br />Parathyroids<br />Endocrine pancreas<br />            Diabetes, Pathogenesis, Pancreatic and extrapancreatic lesions<br />            Functioning neoplasms<br />Adrenal gland

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Bibliography

 <br />Recommended textbooks: <br />Kumar V., Abbas A.K., Fausto N.<br />ROBBINS e COTTRAN LE BASI PATOLOGICHE DELLE MALATTIE 7th Ed. Elsevier, 2006<br /> <br />Kumar V., Cottran R.S., Robbins S.L.<br />ROBBINS ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA 7th Ed. Edizioni Mediche Scientifiche Internazionali, Roma, 2005

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