BRS Pathology

• Section I:: CELLULAR REACTION TO INJURY

  • I. Adaptation to Environmental Stress
  • II. Hypoxic Cell Injury
  • III. Free Radical Injury
  • IV. Chemical Cell Injury

  Section II:: INFLAMMATION

• I. Introduction
• II. Acute Inflammation
• III. Chronic Inflammation
• IV. Tissue Repair

Section III:: HEMODYNAMIC DYSFUNCTION

I. Hemorrhage II. Hyperemia III. Infarction IV. Thrombosis

Section IV:: GENETIC DISORDERS

I. Chromosomal Disorders II. Modes of Inheritance of Monogenic Disorders III. Mendelian Disorders

Section V:: IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION

I. Cells of the Immune System II. Cytokines III. Complement System IV. Human Leukocyte Antigen System V. Innate versus Acquired Immunity VI. Mechanisms of Immune Injury

Section VI:: NEOPLASIA

I. General Considerations II. Classification and Nomenclature of Tumors III. Properties of Neoplasms IV. Carcinogenesis and Etiology V. Other Neoplastic Disorders with Known DNA Defects VI. Grading and Staging

Section VII:: ENVIRONMENTAL PATHOLOGY

I. Physical Injury II. Chemical Abuse III. Environmental Chemical Injuries IV. Adverse Effects of Therapeutic Drugs

Section VIII:: NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS

I. Malnutrition II. Vitamins III. Obesity

Section IX

VASCULAR SYSTEM I. Arterial Disorders II. Venous Disorders III. Tumors of Blood Vessels IV. Vasculitis Syndromes (Vasculitides) V. Functional Vascular Disorders VI. Hypertension

Section X:: THE HEART

I. Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) II. Rheumatic Fever III. Other Forms of Endocarditis IV. Valvular Heart Disease V. Congenital Heart Disease VI. Diseases of the Myocardium VII. Diseases of the Pericardium VIII. Tumors of the Heart IX. Congestive Heart Failure X. Hypertrophy of the Heart

Section XI:: ANEMIA

I. General Concepts II. Acute Posthemorrhagic Anemia III. Iron Deficiency Anemia IV. Megaloblastic Anemias V. Anemia of Chronic Disease VI. Aplastic Anemia VII. Myelophthisic Anemia VIII. Hemolytic Anemias

Section XII:: NEOPLASTIC AND PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC AND LYMPHOID SYSTEMS

I. Leukemia II. Myeloproliferative Diseases III. Non-neoplastic Lymphoid Proliferations IV. Plasma Cell Disorders V. Lymphoid Neoplasms

Section XIII:: HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS

I. Disorders of Primary Hemostasis II. Disorders of Secondary Hemostasis III. Combined Primary and Secondary Hemostatic Defects

Section XIV:: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

I. Disorders of the Upper Respiratory Tract II. Tumors of the Upper Respiratory Tract

Section XV:: GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

I. Diseases of the Mouth and Jaw

Section XVI:: LIVER, GALLBLADDER, AND EXOCRINE PANCREAS

I. Diseases of the Liver

Section XVII:: KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT

Section XVIII:: MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Section XIX:: FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND BREAST

Section XX:: ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

Section XXI:: SKIN

Section XXII:: MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Section XXIII:: NERVOUS SYSTEM

Section XXIV:: INTERPRETATION OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS:: LABORATORY STATISTICS

Comprehensive Examination

Index