CLINICAL PATHOLOGY II

Course Content

• Gastrointestinal tract: Introduction to GIT pathology, congenital disorders of upper and lower GIT (hair lip, cleft palate). Inflammatory conditions of upper GIT glossitis, parotitis, oesophagitis, gastritis. Neoplastic conditions; tumours of the tongue, parotid and oesophagus, stomach and duodenum.Conditions of lower GIT; (dysenteries, ulcerative colitis, enteritis, Congenital abnormalities; hirsprungs disease, megacolon). Neoplastic condtions of lower GIT ( cancer of colon and small intestines). Hepatobiliary system: Congenital conditions; biliary atresia. Inflammatory conditions (viral hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, cholecystitis, pancreatitis). Metabolic conditions ( diabetes mellitus). Neoplastic conditions (tumours of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas)


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• .Genitourinary pathology: Congenital conditions (renal agenesis, polycystic kidney). Renal inflammatory disorders ( all forms of glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, renal failure, renal necrosis, pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis). Neoplastic disorders ( hepatoma, cancer of biliary ducts and pancreatic cysts and cancers).


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• The nervous system: Congenital conditions ( bifidas, anencephaly, hydrocephalous). Inflammatory conditions (bacterial, viral and fungal meningitis, rabies, syphilis). Degenerative and traumatic conditions peripheral neuritis, myelitis, subarachnoid, epidural, subdural haemorrhages). Neoplastic conditions (gliomas, ependimonas),