Difference between revisions of "Pathology for medical students"

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*[[Definition of cancer|Cancer]].
*[[Definition of cancer|Cancer]].
**Pathologic definitions of cancer.
**Pathologic definitions of cancer.
*''[[Tumour]]'': not necessarily cancer.
*''[[Tumour]]''.
**Not necessarily cancer.
**Locally aggressive tumours, e.g. [[desmoid tumour]].
**Locally aggressive tumours, e.g. [[desmoid tumour]].
**Benign tumours.
**Benign tumours.


Pitfalls:
Pitfalls:
*''[[Melanoma]]''.
*The ''-oma'' endings:
*''[[Mesothelioma]]''.
**''[[Melanoma]]''.
**''[[Mesothelioma]]''.


Implication of ''not otherwise specified'':
Implication of ''not otherwise specified'':

Revision as of 02:43, 15 January 2013

This article is an introduction to pathology for family doctors.

Compentencies

Describing injuries

Pre-autopsy

Autopsy

  • Identifying medical examiner cases/coroner's cases.
  • Getting an autopsy consent.
    • Understanding the hierarchy.
    • Knowing the difference between executer of the estate and power of attorney for health care decisions.
  • Providing important clinical information.
    • Clinical history - past medical history.
    • Events leading-up to death.
    • Provisional/suspected cause of death.
  • Value of doing an autopsy.
  • Interpretation of autopsy reports.

Surgical pathology

  • Ordering biopsies and laboratory tests.
    • Infectious cases - role of culture.
  • Interpreting pathology reports.

Cancer diagnoses

Definitions:

  • Cancer.
    • Pathologic definitions of cancer.
  • Tumour.
    • Not necessarily cancer.
    • Locally aggressive tumours, e.g. desmoid tumour.
    • Benign tumours.

Pitfalls:

Implication of not otherwise specified:

Prognostic factors:

Techniques

See also