Course Objectives

• The goal of the Pathology Course is to provide students with essential medical knowledge and a broad understanding of human
• The Course emphasizes & quote; the language of disease & quote; as a necessary foundation for self-education and lifelong learning.
• It describes our current understanding of the pathogenesis and epidemiology of the common or important diseases discussed in

Learning Outcomes

Pathology has a central role to assist students in understanding the mechanisms of disease that lead to the signs and symptoms that must be recognized in patients, forming a differential diagnosis, and applying individual diagnoses and make appropriate diagnostic and treatment decisions.

Course Syllabus

Module I: General Pathology:

Introduction to Pathology, Concept of Diseases, Classification of Lesions, Bacterial, viral and parasitic.

Module II: Cellular Pathology:

Acute and Chronic Inflammation, Causes Of Cell Injury, Mechanisms Of Cell Injury, Necrosis, Apoptosis, Tissue Renewal Regeneration and Repair, Degeneration, Adaptations Of Cellular

Growth And Differentiation, Healing By Repair, Scar formation And Fibrosis, Cutaneous Wound Healing, Healing By First Intention, Healing By Second Intention.

Module III: General Pathological Disorders:

Neoplasia, gangrene, Haemorrhage, shock, embolism and thrombosis. Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Typhoid and Deficiency diseases, Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, Tumors – Terminologies, Nomenclature. Differences between benign and malignant tumors, Tumors – Etiology, Pathogenesis and Spread of Tumors.

Module IV: Haematological & Cardiovascular Disorders:

Arteriosclerosis, Atherosclerosis, Hypertensive Vascular Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease,Hypertensive Heart Disease, Valvular Heart Disease, Infective Endocarditic, Rheumatic Fever And Rheumatic Heart Disease, Cardiomyopathies, Leucopenia, Anemia’s, Polycythemia, Bleeding Disorders, Reactive roliferations Of White Cells.

Module V: The Lung, The Gastrointestinal Tract, Liver And Biliary Tract:

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Pulmonary Infections, Gastritis, Peptic Ulcer Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Liver Function Tests, Hepatic Failure, Cirrhosis, Portal Hypertension, Jaundice, Cholelithiasis

Module VI: The Urogenital System & the Endocrine System,

Renal Function Tests, Nephrotic Syndrome, Nephritic Syndrome, Urolithiasis, Pap Smear, Thyroid Gland – Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Thyroiditis, Graves Disease, Diffuse And Multinodular Goitres, Parathyroid Glands – Hyperparathyroidism, Hyperparathyroidism, Type I and II Diabetes.

Module VII: Bones AND Joints and Nervous System:

Fractures, Osteomyelitis, Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Infectious Arthritis, Diseases of Peripheral Nerve, Diseases of Skeletal Muscle, Infections of CNS – CSF Findings.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. Pocket companion to Pathologic Basis of Disease by Robbins and Cotran, 7th edition,
2. Pathology Quick Review and MCQs by Harsh Mohan, 2nd edition, Jaypee Publications

Session Plan

Session 1

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Session 2

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Case Studies

Case Studies