PAT 402
Systemic Pathology II
3 Unit(s) (LH 30; PH 45)
Course Description
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. describe congenital anomalies (epispadias, hypospadias, phimosis), cryptorchidism,
orchitis, ambiguous genitalia, testicular torsion, tumours, BPH, and prostate cancer;
2. explain abnormalities of Mullerian duct fusion, PID, vulval dystrophy, vulva/vaginal cancer,
chronic cervicitis, CIN and cervical cancer, DUB, endometritis, endometrial hyperplasia,
endometriosis and adenomyosis, uterine tumours, ovarian cysts, ovarian tumours and Pre-
eclampsia, ectopic pregnancy and gestational trophoblastic diseases;
3. enumerate inflammatory disorders of acute mastitis, mammary duct ectasia, fat necrosis,
granulomatous mastitis, benign epithelial lesions- fibrocystic change, proliferative breast
disease, breast carcinoma and male breast, gynaecomastia, carcinoma; and
4. discuss fractures, rickets/osteomalacia and osteoporosis, genetic bone disorders,
osteomyelitis, bone tumours, paget's disease, arthritis and (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, septic arthritis, seronegative arthritis), gout and other crystal arthropathies.
Course Outline
Male genitalia. Congenital anomalies (epispadias, phimosis, posterior urethral valve),
cryptorchidism, orchitis, ambiguous genitalia, testicular tumours, BPH, prostate cancer.
Female genitalia. Congenital anomalies (abnormalities of Mullerian duct fusion), PID, vulval
dystrophy, vulva/vaginal cancer, CIN, cervical cancer, endometriosis, endometritis,
endometrial hyperplasia, uterine tumours, ovarian cysts, ovarian tumours, pre-eclampsia,
ectopic pregnancy, gestational trophoblastic diseases. Breast, inflammatory disorders (acute
mastitis, mammary duct ectasia, fat necrosis, granulomatous mastitis), benign epithelial
lesions (fibrocystic change, proliferative breast disease), gynaecomastia, breast tumours.
Urinary system, renal cysts, glomerulonephritis, tubulo-interstitial nephritides, obstructive
uropathy, nephropathy associated with malaria and other infections and infestations.
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thrombotic microangiopathies, congenital anomalies, renal tumours, cystitis, bladder cancer.
Musculoskeletal system, fractures, rickets/osteomalacia, osteoporosis, genetic bone disorders,
osteomyelitis, bone tumours, pagets disease, arthritis (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis,
septic arthritis, seronegative arthritis, gout and other crystal arthropathies). Central nervous
system, raised intracranial pressure, hydrocephalus, congenital anomalies, stroke, head
injuries, intracranial haemorrhage, meningitis, encephalitis, brain abscess, demyelinating
disorders, neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s chorea),
spongiform encephalopathies, CNS tumours, skin, acute and chronic dermatoses, bullous
diseases, verrucae, common skin infections, non-melanoma skin cancers (squamous cell
carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and Kaposi sarcoma), melanoma.