Pathology in medicine Flashcards
What are the teaching and divisions of pathology?
General pathology
special or systemic pathology
What are the specialty medical practice divisions pathology?
Anatomic (Surgical) pathology
Clinical (Laboratory medicine) pathology
What is general pathology concerned with?
reactions of cells and tissues to abnormal stimuli and to inherited defects, which are the main causes of disease
What does specialty or systemic pathology examines?
Examines the alterations in specialized organs and tissues that are responsible for disorders that involve these organs
What areas in general pathology will lay the foundation for systemic pathology?
Neoplasia Cellular responses to injury Inflammation and Repair Hemodynamic Disorders, Thrombosis Shock
What are the divisions of specialty medical practice of pathology?
anatomic (surgical)
Clinical (laboratory medicine)
Molecular pathology
What are the divisions of anatomic (surgical) pathology?
Diagnostic surgical pathology
Cytopathology
Forensic pathology
what are the divisions of Clinical (laboratory medicine) pathology?
Chemistry Microbiology Immunohematology (blood bank) Hematology, serology, urinalysis
What is Anatomic(surgical) pathology?
A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on gross and microscopic examination of “surgically” removed diseased tissues.
What are the cytomorphologic methods in disease diagnosis biopsy (diagnostic) methods?
Excisional
Incisional
Needle aspiration/cores