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CNS PATHOLOGY FOR MEDICAL II STUDENTS

Pathology Coordinator/contact:
Nitya R. Ghatak, MD
Office: (804) 828-9739
nrghatak@vcu.edu
Clinical Specialties: Brain Tumors, Disease of Muscle and Nerve, Surgical, Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy

Welcome to the Central Nervous System Pathology Laboratory. The following materials are available online:

• Schedule
• MII Gross Neuropathology Lab Outline
• Index of Slides
• Evaluation of Site (Please complete evaluation of online Pathology Lab on the web)

This 1.5 hour lab covers gross specimens and microscopic slides of vascular, degenerative, infectious, neoplastic and metabolic neurologic diseases. Eight slides illustrate morphologic features of typical lesions. In any given case, there may be some variations from slide to slide, but they all illustrate the same pathologic changes.

The following additional resources are available:

• Online Neuropathology For Medical Students
• Neuropathology CD-ROM by Department of Pathology and the Computer Based Instruction Lab (CBIL).

  For more information contact one of the following:
  Dr. Rosenblum: (804) 828-9735; Voice Mail: (804) 278-0542; FAX: (804) 828-3299;
  CBIL: (804) 828-8319; FAX (804) 828-6144;
  Curriculum Office: (804) 828-9790; FAX: (804) 828-5115.

Lab 1
Lab 1.a Cerebral Infarct--Recent - Slides 21.1 & 21.2 (Microscopic #21)
Lab 1.b Acute Purulent Meningitis - 11.1-11.4 (Microscopic #11)
Lab 1.c Alzheimer's Disease - 15.1 & 15.2 (Microscopic #15)
Lab 1.d Meningioma - 17.1 - 17.3   (Microscopic #17)

Lab 1.e Medulloblastoma - 25.1- 25.3 (Microscopic #25)

Digital Legends for Labs/Cases
Lab 1
1.a | 1.b | 1.c | 1.d | 1.e

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Updated March 3, 2008