Cellular pathology: cell injury and cell death. Acute and specific and aspecific chronic inflammation. Tissue repair: cellular growth, fibrosis, and wound healing. Neoplasia: morphologic and behavioural characteristics. Leukaemia and lymphomas. Cytopathology of the uterine cervix. Cervical smears analysis and their cytologic interpretation.
All slides relative to the course will be available for the students; moreover, during the course specific books and atlas will be recommended.
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired. Introduction to cytopatology and histopatology. Cellular responses to pathological agents:reversible and irreversible cell injury. Acute inflammation: definition; vascular and cellular modifications. Chronic inflammation: definition; general characteristics. Granulomatosous chronic inflammation. Tumours: cytologic and histologic characteristics. Blood: composition, blood cells. Leukaemias. Cervico-vaginal cytopathology. Lymphomas: general characteristics of Hodgkin and Non Hodgkin lymphomas. All the arguments will be supported by practical exsercitations (observation of histological and cytological slides at the microscope).
Competence acquired:
microscopic identification of cellular samples from body tissues involved in pathological responses; identification of the basic responses to pathological agents; recognition of specific characteristics able to identify the onset of a disease. Microscopic study of cellular samples in order to detect hormonal abnormalities, infectious diseases, premalignant and malignant diseases, and many other diseases.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Students will acquire theoretical and practical concepts regarding different arguments of human pathology and the mechanisms underlying the onset of a disease.
Microscopic examination of different pathological samples will be accomplished.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements (required and/or recommended)
Courses required: cytology and histology, pathology.
Courses recommended: anatomy.
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 8 for theoretical lessons, 16 for practical lessons
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities:
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours):
they will be clearly defined throughout the course.
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours):
they will be clearly defined throughout the course.
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours):
they will be clearly defined throughout the course.
Seminars (hours):
they will be clearly defined throughout the course.
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 0
Further information
Frequency of lectures, practice and lab.
Frequency of lectures, practice and lab recommended
Teaching tools
Power point presentations, glass slides, consumables for practical procedures
Office hours
On request
Type of Assessment
Written examination: microscopic description of five pathological samples of different origin.
Course program
Cellular pathology: cellular adaptations, cell injury and cell death. Acute and aspecific and specific chronic inflammation. Tissue repair: cellular growth, fibrosis, and wound healing. Benign and malign neoplasia: morphologic and behavioural characteristics. Leukaemias and lymphomas. Diseases of organ systems: the endocrine system; the liver; the kidney; the gastrointestinal tract; the lung; the heart; blood and lymphatic systems. Cervico-vaginal cytopathology.