97208 - Rare Diseases and Neuro Oncology

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

    Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Learning outcomes

The elective course aims to acquaint and deepen in a clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic sense the pathologies of neurodevelopment, some rare and neuro oncological diseases of the developmental age with the aim of contributing to the student's comprehensive training in the medical-surgical field. The student will learn about the pathologies within the competence of neuropsychiatry of childhood and adolescence, their etiopathogenesis, have a thorough orientation on the type of diagnostic evaluation and treatment.

Course contents

- Rare neurological diseases with special emphasis on
- Syndromes with main involvement of the CNS

- Brain malformations

- Rare epilepsies

- Neurometabolic diseases


- Pediatric Neuroncology
- Brain and spinal tumors

- Neurologic complications of chemotherapy

- Neurologic complications of transplantation

Readings/Bibliography

Slides on PDF

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons

Assessment methods

the course includes a final assessment on the program carried out. Prerequisite for taking the exam is attendance of at least 70 percent of the class hours.

Office hours

See the website of Duccio Maria Cordelli