PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY
cod. 00031

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
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: RENAL

Learning objectives

<br />To know the major micro/macroscopical aspects of non neoplastic and neoplastic lesions.

Prerequisites

See those as for the integrated course.

Course unit content

<br /><br /><br />Macro/microscopy of acute and chronic arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis and gout).<br /><br />Nephritic syndrome: etiopathogenesis and macro/microscopy of diffuse acute glomerulonephritis and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.<br /><br />Nephrotic syndrome 1: etiopathogenesis and macro/microscopy of minimal change nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.<br /><br />Nephrotic syndrome 2: etiopathogenesis and macro/microscopy of membranous nephropathy, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and diabetic nephropathy.<br /><br />Etiopathogenesis and macro/microscopy of recurrent hematuria and/or isolated urinary syndromes: IgA nephropathy, non IgA focal glomerulonephritis, hereditary nephropathy (Alport syndrome, familiar benign hematuria); end stage kidney disease.<br /><br />Etiopathogenesis and macro/microscopy of kidney transplant rejection.<br /><br />Classification and  macro/microscopy of kidney, bladder and prostate tumors (benign and malignant, including prostate adenoma).

Full programme

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Bibliography

Kumar, Abbas and Fausto: “Robbins e Cotran: The pathologic basis of diseases” Ed. Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia USA.

Teaching methods

<br />Lectures; written and oral exam.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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