Course Syllabus
Aims
To provide the pathologic basis of the diseases of female genital tract and the childhood. The student should be able to integrate macroscopic, histological, and cytological morphology with the clinical assay. The student must know the role and the professional tasks of the pathologist in the management of tissue and cellular samples.
Contents
Morphology of non-neoplastic disease of female genital tract; pathogenesis, classification and morphology of gynecological and pediatric tumours.
Detailed program
HPV-related lesions of vulva, vagina, and cervix. Role and limits of cytological diagnosis (pap test). The concept of the squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL). Classification of invasive tumours of the cervix. Non-neoplastic lesions of the uterine corpus (adenomyosis and endometriosis. Classification of epithelial and stromal tumours of the uterine corpus. Cysts of the ovary. The concept of borderline tumours of the ovary. Classification of epithelial, stromal and germinal tumours of the ovary. The pathologic staging of gynecological tumours (FIGO System). Hematological and cerebral tumours of the childhood
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of anatomy, histology and physiology
Teaching form
Frontal lessons
Textbook and teaching resource
Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
WHO Classification of Tumours. 5th ed. Female Genital Tumours
Semester
First semester
Assessment method
Into the exam of vertical track "mother and child"
Office hours
Appointment, by mail or phone
