2026 Surgical Pathology Update: Diagnostic Pearls for the Practicing Pathologist: Vol. IX teaching activity has been designed to provide an extensive overview of some of the most common areas of diagnostic difficulty encountered by surgical pathologist in the areas of gastrointestinal, gynecologic, genitourinary, breast, and neuroendocrine pathology. Extensive details will be provided on some of the most important diagnostic features which allow pathologists to make accurate diagnoses in each of these areas of surgical pathology, as well as how to assess essential diagnostic clues and avoid the common diagnostic pitfalls. Each lecture also provides a thorough discussion on the use of ancillary diagnostic techniques including both immunohistochemistry and molecular diagnostics. The program includes case-based review sessions.
* Date of Origianl Release: February 15, 2026
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Discuss the most common diagnostics pitfalls in recognizing Barrett’s esophagus-associated dysplasia
- Describe some of the important diagnostic features of various esophageal diseases, including eosinophilic esophagitis
- Recognize the most common patterns seen in mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract
- Identify the most recent changes in the 5th edition of the WHO classification of neuroendocrine neoplasms
- Define the most common pitfalls in thyroid pathology
- Describe some of the associated syndromes seen in association with various neuroendocrine tumors
- Discuss various forms of non-Helicobacter-related gastritis
- Recognize some of the most important prognostic features associated with colorectal carcinoma
- Discuss the most important diagnostic features of the variants of inflammatory bowel disease and diagnostic mimics
- Discuss recent updates in renal tumor classification
- Describe some of the most important diagnostic pitfalls in prostate core biopsy interpretation
- Recognize the most common diagnostics issues in bladder biopsy pathology
- Define the various papillary lesions of the breast
- Describe problematic fibroepithelial lesions of the breast
- Discuss the spectrum of atypical ductal hyperplasia and ductal carcinoma in situ
2026 SURGICAL PATHOLOGY UPDATE: DIAGNOSTIC PEARLS FOR THE PRACTICING PATHOLOGIST: VOL. IX
