The WikiDoc Living Textbook of Pathology
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Click Here For A Complete Listing Of All Chapters In The Living Textbook Of Pathology In Alphabetical Order
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Overview of Pathology
tissue layers |
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| mesothelium, serosa/adventitia, muscularis externa (outer & inner), submucosa, mucosa (muscularis mucosa, lamina propria, epithelium), lumen |
Disease States
Hematologic Pathology
Oncologic Pathology
Nervous tissue tumors (ICD-O 9350-9589) | |
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| Miscellaneous tumors (9350-9379) | Craniopharyngioma - Pinealoma |
| Glioma (9380-9489) | Gliomatosis cerebri - Oligoastrocytoma - Choroid plexus papilloma - Ependymoma - Astrocytoma (Pilocytic astrocytoma, Glioblastoma multiforme) - Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour - Oligodendroglioma - Medulloblastoma - Primitive neuroectodermal tumor |
| Neuroepitheliomatous (9490-9529) | Ganglioneuroma - Neuroblastoma - Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor - Retinoblastoma - Esthesioneuroblastoma |
| Meningiomas (9530-9539) | Meningioma |
| Nerve sheath tumor (9540-9579) | Neurofibroma (Neurofibrosarcoma, Neurofibromatosis) - Schwannoma - Neurinoma - Acoustic neuroma - Neuroma |
| see also brain tumors (though not all brain tumors are of nervous tissue) | |
Epithelial neoplasms (ICD-O 8010-8799) | |
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| Papilloma/carcinoma (8010-8139) | Small cell carcinoma - Verrucous carcinoma - Squamous cell carcinoma - Basal cell carcinoma - Transitional cell carcinoma |
| Adenomas/adenocarcinomas (8140-8429) | Linitis plastica
pancreas (Insulinoma, Glucagonoma, Gastrinoma, VIPoma, Somatostatinoma) Cholangiocarcinoma - Hepatocellular adenoma/Hepatocellular carcinoma - Adenoid cystic carcinoma - Familial adenomatous polyposis - Prolactinoma - Oncocytoma - Hurthle cell - Clear cell adenoma/adenocarcinoma - Renal cell carcinoma - Multiple endocrine neoplasia - Endometrioid tumor |
| Adnexal And Skin appendage (8390-8429) | sweat gland (Hidrocystoma, Syringoma) |
| Cystic, Mucinous And Serous (8440-8499) | (Mucoepidermoid carcinoma - Cystadenoma/Cystadenocarcinoma/Pseudomyxoma peritonei - Signet ring cell carcinoma/Krukenberg tumor |
| Ductal, Lobular And Medullary (8500-8549) | Ductal carcinoma - Paget's disease of the breast/Extramammary Paget's disease |
| Acinar cell (8550-8559) | Acinic cell carcinoma |
| Complex epithelial (8560-8589) | Warthin's tumor - Thymoma |
| Gonadal (8590-8679) | Sex cord-stromal tumour - Thecoma - Granulosa cell tumour - Arrhenoblastoma/Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour |
| Paragangliomas And Glomus tumors (8680-8719) | Paraganglioma - Pheochromocytoma - Glomus tumor |
| Nevi and melanomas (8720-8799) | Melanocytic nevus - Nodular melanoma - Dysplastic nevus - Lentigo maligna melanoma - Superficial spreading melanoma |
Pathology: hematology, myeloid hematologic disease (primarily D50-D77, 280-289) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Soft tissue tumors and sarcomas (ICD-O 8800-9349) | |
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| Not otherwise specified (8800-8809) | Soft tissue sarcoma - Desmoplastic small round cell tumor |
| Fibromatous (8810-8839) | Fibroma/fibrosarcoma - Malignant fibrous histiocytoma - Dermatofibroma/dermatofibrosarcoma - Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans |
| Myxomatous (8840-8849) | Myxoma - Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour |
| Lipomatous (8850-8889) | Lipoma/liposarcoma (Angiomyolipoma) |
| Myomatous (8890-8929) | Leiomyoma/leiomyosarcoma - Myoma - Rhabdomyoma/rhabdomyosarcoma - Sarcoma botryoides |
| Complex Mixed And Stromal (8930-8999) | Adenomyoma - Pleomorphic adenoma - Mixed Mullerian tumor - Mesoblastic nephroma - Wilms' tumor - Rhabdoid tumour - Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney - Hepatoblastoma - Carcinosarcoma |
| Fibroepithelial (9000-9039) | Brenner tumour - Fibroadenoma - Phyllodes tumor |
| Synovial-like (9040-9049) | Synovial sarcoma - Clear cell sarcoma, NOS |
| Mesothelial (9050-9059) | Mesothelioma - Adenomatoid tumor |
| Germ cell tumors (9060-9119) | germinomatous germ cell tumors: Dysgerminoma - Germinoma - Seminoma nongerminomatous germ cell tumors: Embryonal carcinoma - Endodermal sinus tumor / Yolk sac tumor - Teratoma/Fetus in fetu / Dermoid cyst/Struma ovarii - Gestational trophoblastic disease (Hydatidiform mole) - Choriocarcinoma - Polyembryoma - Gonadoblastoma |
| Vascular (9120-9179) | blood vessels: Hemangioma/hemangiosarcoma - Angioma/angiosarcoma - Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome - Hemangioendothelioma - Kaposi's sarcoma - Hemangiopericytoma lymphatic vessels: Lymphangioma/lymphangiosarcoma - Lymphangioleiomyomatosis |
| Osseous and chondromatous (9180-9349) | Osteoma/osteosarcoma - Osteochondroma - Chondroma/enchondroma/chondrosarcoma - Chondroblastoma - Giant cell tumor of bone - Ewing's sarcoma - Chordoma
teeth/odontogenic: (Cementoblastoma, Cementoma, Odontoma, Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor, Ameloblastoma) Adamantinoma |
Pathology: Cancer, Tumors, Neoplasms, and oncology (C00-D48, 140-239) | |
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| Benign tumors | Hyperplasia - Cyst - Pseudocyst - Hamartoma - Benign tumor |
| Malignant progression | Dysplasia - Carcinoma in situ - Cancer - Metastasis |
| Topography | lip, oral cavity and pharynx: Oral - Head/Neck - Nasopharyngeal
digestive system: tract (Esophagus, Stomach, Small intestine, Colon/rectum, Appendix, Anus) - glands (Liver, Bile duct, Gallbladder, Pancreas) respiratory system: Larynx - Lung bone, articular cartilage, skin, and connective tissue: Bone (Tailbone) - Skin - Blood urogenital: breast and female genital organs (Breast, Vagina, Cervix, Uterus, Endometrium, Ovaries) - male genital organs (Penis, Prostate, Testicles) - urinary organs (Kidney, Bladder) nervous system: Eye (Uvea) - Brain (Choroid plexus) endocrine system: Thyroid (Papillary, Follicular, Medullary, Anaplastic) - Adrenal tumor (Adrenocortical carcinoma, Pheochromocytoma) - Pituitary |
| Misc. | Tumor suppressor genes/oncogenes - Staging/grading - Carcinogenesis - Carcinogen - Research - Paraneoplastic syndrome - List of oncology-related terms |
Tumor markers |
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| Alpha-fetoprotein/AFP-L3 - CA-125 - CA 19-9 - CD30 - Autocrine motility factor - Carcinoembryonic antigen - βHCG - erbB-2 receptor - erbB-3 receptor - NANOG - Neprilysin - Normetanephrine - PCNA - Prostate specific antigen - Synaptophysin |
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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
