NEUROPATHOLOGY MINI-COURSE
FOR RESIDENTS

Presented by William I. Rosenblum, MD

INTRODUCTION

This course is an introductory to midlevel course for pathology residents. It consists largely of material that I first made available on CD. This CD is still distributed to medical students in preparation for MII neuroscience. It has also been given, recently by Dr. Ghatak, to pathology residents rotating through neuropathology. However CDs can only be updated at wide intervals. Moreover some material, necessary for residents to know, is not present on the disk. 

Consequently, while not abandoning the CD for students, I have placed an updated version suitable for residents on the Pathology website. Please click on the chapter below that you wish to view.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDEX OF IMAGES

The chapters are listed as links below. Simply click on the link you wish to use.

Ch 1-Pathology of the Neuron and Its Processes - general review of the basic histopathology

Ch 2-Cytopathology of the Neuroglia - general review of basic histopathology

Ch 3-Cerebrovascular Disease: Pathology of Cerebral Infarction, Cerebral Hemorrhage and Cerebral Edema

Ch 4-Demyelinating diseases; Leukodystrophies; storage diseases of  either white matter or neurons.

First section--Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis [ADE]

Second section--Multiple Sclerosis 

Third section--Leukodystrophies - some storage diseases, lysosomal & peroxisomal disorders

Fourth section--Neuronal Lipidoses - storage diseases involving principally neurons rather than white matter [more lysosomal disorders]

Ch 5-Infections of nervous system

First section--General Features: Portals of Entry and Other General Information

Second section--Purulent infections - generally bacterial

Third section--Granulomatous infections - fungal, mycobacteria, treponema, etc.

Fourth section--Viral infections, Rickettsial Infections and Prion Diseases

Ch 6-Diseases of Basal Ganglia and Substantia Nigra - Parkinson's, Huntingtons

Ch 7-Developmental Disorders [congenital conditions]

Ch 8-Brain and Spinal Cord Trauma

Ch 9-Tumors of the Nervous System

Section one--Arising from Coverings of Brain, from Blood Vessels or Blood Cells

Section two--Arising from Cells of Brain Parenchyma

Section three--Metastatic Tumors

Section four--Arising from Intracranial Structures

Ch 10-Muscle Pathology

Ch 11-Dementias