Lesson 15

Key points:

1. Leukemias – bone marrow cancers. Classification, general clinical and morphological characteristics. Cytogenetic and cytochemical methods of differentiation of cellular variants of leukemias.

2. Hodgkin's disease (lymphogranulomatosis): pathohistological types, morphological characteristics and methods of diagnosis, causes of death.

3. Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. T- and B-cell tumors: types, morphological characteristics, immunophenotypic variants, cytogenetic and molecular genetic markers, causes of death.

Sources:

1. Kumar, Vinay, Abul K. Abbas, and Jon C. Aster. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. Ninth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders, 2015. P.473-482, 579-626, 1246-1249, 1306-1318.

2. Kumar, Vinay, Abul K Abbas, Jon C Aster, and Stanley L. 1915-2003 Robbins. Robbins Basic Pathology. Tenth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders, 2018. P.285-291, 442-493, 846-847, 881-887

3. Klatt, Edward C. Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology. Third edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders, 2015.

4. Klatt, Edward C., and Vinay Kumar. Robbins and Cotran Review of Pathology. Fourth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders, 2015. P.183-204

5. Harsh Mohan. Essential Pathology for Dental Students.Fourth edition. Jaypee Brothers,Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited, 2011.  P.361-406