- Docente: Pier Paolo Piccaluga
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)
Learning outcomes
Recognize the morphologic and molecular features of hematologic and lymphoid diseases, and correlate them with their clinical presentation.
Course contents
Diseases of the hematopoietic and lymphoid systems
Introduction and overview of the classification of tumors of lymphoid tissues (WHO classification): Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphomas (chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, follicular lymphoma, marginal zone lymphomas, mantle zone lymphoma, large B-cell lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma).
Lymphadenitis (including HIV and AIDS infection).
Splenomegaly and Ruptured spleen.
Readings/Bibliography
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease - IX Edition. Elsevier Health Sciences
Teaching methods
Interactive face lessons with discussion of the histological slides.
Each neoplastic pathology will be treated through normal histology, epidemiological findings, precancerous lesions, and carcinomas.
Each inflammatory disease will be faced through normal histology, epidemiological findings, etiologycal mechanisms, description of histological alterations typical of the disease
Assessment methods
Written (MCQs) exam. Oral examination might be introduced due to current pandemic. To pass the exam, the student must provide adequate answers to all the questions. The final grade is based on the overall assessment by the teachers of the student's ability to know, understand, and expose the specific subjects under examination in a concise and complete manner.
Teaching tools
Slide presentations (Power point). Available also through the AMSCampus website (https://campus.unibo.it/ ) or distributed after each lesson.
Office hours
See the website of Pier Paolo Piccaluga