84467 - Abdominal Pathology

Learning outcomes

Recognize the morphologic and molecular features of gastrointestinal, liver, kidney and genito-urinary diseases, and correlate them with their clinical presentation.

Course contents

Basic surgical pathology and histopathology of the following abdominal diseases:

Colorectal cancer.

Liver and biliary cancer.

Hepatitis and liver cirrhosis.

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Celiac disease.

Inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the stomach

Pancreatic cancer.

Kidney cancer

Genito-urinary tumors (bladder, prostate, testis)

Readings/Bibliography

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons unless otherwise stated by current provisions. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students are allowed to attend classes online with Microsoft TEAMS.

Assessment methods

The final exam will be an oral assessment to verify the achievement of objectives (critical thinking, knowledge of topics) within the integrated course of Abdominal Diseases (IC).

Final Grades:

To pass the exam, students will need to reach at least the pass-mark (18/30) in all modules of the I.C. (Abdominal Pathology, Abdominal Radiology, Abdominal Surgery, Gastroenterology, Neprhology, Urology); the final grade will be the marks weighted average. Cum laude will be considered when obtained in at least one of the modules with a full score (30/30) in the others. The student will be able to accept or decline the final grades. If a student did not pass any module, he/she would be able to sustain again only the exam of the failed modules (maintaining the grades obtained in the others), as long as this occurred within the same calendar year.

Dates of examinations:

14/6/2021 14:00

19/7/2021 14:00

13/9/2021 14:00

27/9/2021 14:00

10/1/2022 14:00

7/2/2022 14:00

Teaching tools

View of digitalized histological slides

Office hours

See the website of Michelangelo Fiorentino