Practical sessions in Pathology

Practical (General): identify microscopic features of necrosis, acute inflammation, chronic inflammation, granulomatous inflammation (T.B.), hyaline degeneration, hydropic degeneration, melanin, hemosiderin deposition, benign and malignant neoplasia, hyperplasia and TB.

Practical (Haematology): Identify microscopic features of iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemia, acute myeloid and lymphoid leukemias, chronic myeloid leukemia, lymphadenitis, lymphoma (NHL and Hodgkin’s lymphoma) and perform ABO and Rh grouping

Practical (Musculoskeletal): identify gross and microscopic features of lipoma, liposarcoma, fibrosarcoma, benign and malignant fibrous histiocytoma, rhabdomyoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, leiomyoma and leimyosarcoma.

Practical (Neurosensory): identify the microscopic features of meningitis, tuberculoma, astrocytoma, glioblastoma multiforme, oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, meningioma, neurofibroma and schwannoma.

  1. Cotran RS, Kumar V. Robbin’s Pathologic Basis of Diseases. W.B. Saunders Company.
  2. Anderson JR. Muir’s Textbook of Pathology.
  3. Kissane JM. Anderson’s Pathology.
  4. Reid R, Roberts F. Pathology Illustrated. Churchill Livingstone.
  5. Cotran RS, Kumar V. Atlas of Histopathology. W.B. Saunders Company.
  6. Thomas C. Sandritter’s Colour Atlas and Text book of Histopathology Year Book Medical Publisher
  7. Fikrin F, Chesterman C. De Gruchy’s Clinical Hematology in Medical Practice
  8. Walter JB, Talbot IC. Walter and Israel General Pathology,
  9. Roitt I, Brostoff J, Male D. Immunology.
  10. Underwood JEC. General and Systemic Pathology.
  11. Mueller RF, Yung ID. Emery’s Elements of Medical Genetics