A Colorful Cornucopia of Digestive Tract Pathology Course
A Colorful Cornucopia of Digestive Tract Pathology Course is organized by United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP).
Release Date: March 14, 2022
Expiration Date: January 27, 2025
Description:
The gastrointestinal tract remains one of the most common sources for surgical pathology specimens. As a result, the difficulties and gray areas in this subspecialty are encountered quite often by pathologists each day. The existence of interobserver variability in many gastrointestinal diagnoses compounds this issue. In contrast, the liver and pancreas give rise to a broad spectrum of uncommon disease entities, making it difficult for pathologists who don’t specialize in these organs to gain diagnostic proficiency. Finally, the WHO recently released the newest edition of their Digestive Tract Tumours blue book which contains key updates and subtle changes that may be unfamiliar to many practicing pathologists.
This course will tackle the professional practice gaps that exist in gastrointestinal pathology, focusing on uncommon findings, obfuscated differential diagnoses, new entities and changes to existing entities.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
• Understand proper naming and grading of digestive neuroendocrine neoplasms
• Recognize subtle clues that a microorganism may be contributing to pathologic findings
• Approach pediatric and adult colitis specimens with the proper mindset, criteria and differentials
• Evaluate colon polyps and colorectal carcinoma properly to report findings relevant to treatment and prognosis
• Identify subtle features when evaluating differential diagnoses in medication-induced injury and pancreas neoplasms
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.
