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===Pre-autopsy=== | ===Pre-autopsy=== | ||
*Filling in a death certificate. | *Filling in a death certificate. | ||
** | **Difference between ''[[manner of death]]'' and ''cause of death''. | ||
**Difference between ''manner of death'' and ''[[mechanism of death]]''. | |||
**World Health Organization standard for death certificates. | |||
===Autopsy=== | ===Autopsy=== | ||
*Identifying medical examiner cases/coroner's cases. | *Identifying medical examiner cases/coroner's cases. | ||
*Getting an autopsy consent. | *Getting an [[autopsy consent]]. | ||
**Understanding the hierarchy. | **Understanding the hierarchy. | ||
**Knowing the difference between ''executer of the estate'' and ''power of attorney for health care decisions''. | **Knowing the difference between ''executer of the estate'' and ''power of attorney for health care decisions''. | ||
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===Surgical pathology=== | ===Surgical pathology=== | ||
*Interpreting pathology reports. | *Ordering laboratory tests. | ||
**Infectious cases - role of culture. | |||
*Interpreting [[pathology reports]]. | |||
===Cancer diagnoses=== | ===Cancer diagnoses=== | ||
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*''[[Melanoma]]''. | *''[[Melanoma]]''. | ||
*''[[Mesothelioma]]''. | *''[[Mesothelioma]]''. | ||
*[[Adenocarcinoma]] | |||
Implication of ''not otherwise specified'': | |||
*''[[Adenocarcinoma]]''. | |||
*''[[Squamous cell carcinoma]]''. | |||
Prognostic factors: | Prognostic factors: | ||
* | *Stage & grade. | ||
** | **[[TNM staging system]]. | ||
*[[Lymphovascular invasion]]. | *[[Lymphovascular invasion]]. | ||
*[[Perineural invasion]]. | *[[Perineural invasion]]. | ||