2025 Surgical Pathology Update: Diagnostic Pearls for the Practicing Pathologist: Vol. IX has been designed to provide an overview of some of the most common areas encountered by practicing surgical pathologists, including gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary/pancreatic, breast, genitourinary, and gynecologic pathology. The course provides an extensive overview of some of the most important diagnostic features which allow pathologists to make accurate diagnoses in each of these subspecialized areas, as well as how to assess essential diagnostic clues and avoid misdiagnoses. In each lecture, is a thorough discussion on the use of ancillary diagnostic techniques, including immunohistochemistry and molecular diagnostics.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the most common diagnostic pitfalls in diagnosing Barrett’s-related dysplasia.
- Recognize unusual forms of ulcerative colitis.
- Identify the most common forms of dysplasia arising in inflammatory bowel disease.
- Cite the most common diagnostic pitfalls in pancreaticobiliary pathology.
- Describe the various patterns found in medical liver biopsies.
- Recognize the most common hepatocellular neoplasms and the utility of immunohistochemistry in their diagnosis.
- Discuss the most common inflammatory lesions of the breast.
- Identify the most common diagnostic pitfalls in recognizing triple-negative breast cancers on core needle biopsy.
- Review the most common papillary lesions of the breast.
- Cite the most common diagnostic pitfalls in genitourinary pathology biopsy diagnosis.
- Recognize issues related to cancer grading in prostate core biopsies.
- Identify various morphology and biomarkers associated with endometrial carcinoma.
- Describe the most recent update in the classification of ovarian cancer.
- Cite recent updates in the diagnosis of cervical and vulvar neoplasms.
2025 SURGICAL PATHOLOGY UPDATE: DIAGNOSTIC PEARLS FOR THE PRACTICING PATHOLOGIST: VOL. IX
