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84427 - Neuropathology

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Caterina Giannini
                    
                        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)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

Recognize the morphologic and molecular features of neurological diseases,and correlate them with their clinical presentation.

Course contents

The course will focus on the neuropathological aspects of central nervous system (CNS) diseases.

An introduction to the basic pathological reactions of the CNS components will be followed by a discussion of the most common CNS disorders, including:

- Cerebrovascular disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic

- Trauma

- Inflammatory diseases: meningitis and meningoencephalitis

- Demyelinating diseases

- Brain tumors, primary and metastatic

- Basics of neurodegeneration

Readings/Bibliography

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 10th Edition Authors : Vinay Kumar & Abul K. Abbas & Jon C. Aster

WHO: Tumours of the Nervous System, 2016

Teaching methods

Blended Synchronous Learning - Lectures with Power Point Presentations

Assessment methods

Written or oral exam focused on the neuropathology topics

Teaching tools

pdf files of the power point presentations distributed through the platform virtuale.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Caterina Giannini