Lesson 21

Diseases of the liver and pancreas

Key points:
1. Fatty hepatosis: clinical and morphological characteristics, complications.
2. Toxic dystrophy of the liver: pathological anatomy, complications.
3. Acute and chronic hepatites: classification, morphogenesis, morphological characteristics, conse-quences, prognosis.
4. Alcoholic liver disease: morphogenesis, morphological characteristics, complicationsand causes of death.
5. Cirrhosis of the liver. Pathomorphic features, morphological classification, morphologicalcharacterristics of the most important types of cirrhosis.
6. Tumors of the liver.
7. Cholelithiasis: types of the stones. Acute and chronic cholecystitis: morphological characteristics, complications, causes of death.
8. Pancreatitis, acute and chronic: morphological characteristics, complications andcauses of death.
9. Pancreatic cancer: morphological characteristics.

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.113-135.
2. Kumar, Vinay, Abul K Abbas, Jon C Aster, and Stanley L. 1915-2003 Robbins. RobbinsBasic Pathology.10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders, 2018. P.97-119.
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.31-43.
5. Harsh Mohan. Essential Pathology for Dental Students.Fourth edition. Jaypee Brothers,Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited, 2011. P.184-220.

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