Portale di Ateneo - En.Unibs.it

II PART - V YEAR

HEMATOPATHOLOGY
Organization of the hemato-lymphopoietic system
Technical procedures for the study of emato-lymphoid samples (morphology, immunohistochemistry, flow-cytometry, molecular analysis, FISH, BCR e TCR rearrangement, cytogenetic)

Neoplastic pathology of the bone marrow: three main models (chronic myeloproliferative disorders; myelodysplasia; acute myeloid leukemia)

Lymph nodes.
Clinico-pathological approach to the study of a lymphadenopathy. Fine-needle aspiration (usefulness and limits)
Lymphadenitis (main categories)

General concepts on lymphoma classification
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (discussion in detail of some categories: e.g.: Burkitt lymphoma, Follicular B-cell lymphoma, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma)

PATHOLOGY OF ENDROCRINE ORGANS

THYROID
Inflammatory and hyperplastic processes
Tumors: benign (follicular adenoma) and malignant (papillary, follicular, undifferentiated, anaplastic, medullary carcinoma)
Role of FNAC of the thyroid nodule: significance of the TIR diagnostic categories
PARATHYROID
Hyperplasia, adenoma, carcinoma
ADRENAL GLANDS
Hyperplasia
Neoplasms of the adrenal cortex (adenoma; carcinoma)
Neoplasms of the adrenal medulla (pheochromocytoma; neuroblastoma)
PANCREAS
Neoplasms of the endocrine pancreas
Neoplasms of the exocrine pancreas (adenocarcinomas)

PATHOLOGY OF THE SKIN
Usefulness of the skin biopsy in the study of non-neoplastic (inflammatory) diseases of the skin (examples)
Direct immunofluorescence in cutaneous autoimmune disorders
Benign and malignant proliferations of the epidermis (seborreic keratosis; basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma)
Benign and malignant proliferations of the melanocytes (nevi and melanoma)
Melanoma: histopathological prognostic parameters; molecular features of melanoma