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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:
1° semestre From 10/1/20 To 12/23/20
years Modules TAF Teacher
3° Supplementary research and laboratory diagnostic informations on Autoimmunity D Silvia Sartoris (Coordinator)
2° 3° Access to essential medicines in developing countries D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
4° Role of endoscopy in digestive diseases D Armando Gabbrielli (Coordinator)
5° Evidence of the neurocognitive effects of physical activity in neurodegenerative diseases D Massimo Venturelli (Coordinator)
5° Exercise testing and prescription for health D Federico Schena (Coordinator)
4° 5° Coagulation disorders. Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects D Francesca Pizzolo (Coordinator)
6° Oncologic Imaging D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
6° Neurophysiological investigations for studying sleep and sleep-related disorders D Gaetano Cantalupo (Coordinator)
6° Scheletal deseases in childhood D Franco Antoniazzi (Coordinator)
6° Everything you always wanted to know about Sexually Transmitted Infections (but were afraid to ask) D Maddalena Cordioli (Coordinator)
5° 6° Research methodology basis and critical reading of a scientific article D Giuseppe Borzellino (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgical oncology of the gastrointestinal tract D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Complications in surgery: management and prevention D Jacopo Weindelmayer (Coordinator)
5° 6° Nutritional Epigenomics: a bridge between DNA and disease D Simonetta Friso (Coordinator)
5° 6° Management of severe visceral trauma D Giuseppe Borzellino (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgery of the liver: from the preoperative optimization of the liver to the postoperative care D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Diagnosis and treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and other demyelinitaing diseases of CNS D Massimiliano Calabrese (Coordinator)
5° 6° The seizures and the epilepsies D Salvatore Monaco (Coordinator)
5° 6° Uncommon pancreatic neoplasms D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neurosurgical emergencies D Alberto Feletti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Extracorporeal life support D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
5° 6° Technologies in Surgery D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Clinical aspects and overlapping in ACSD (Abnormal Connectivity Spectrum Disorders): Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome D Leonardo Zoccante (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Histopathological and molecular features of gastroenteric and bilio-pancreatic tumors D Claudio Luchini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Abdominal wall surgery D Antonino Zago (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physiology and pathophysiology of micturition D Maria Angela Cerruto (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physician-patient communication strategies in hematological malignancies D Cristina Tecchio (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Evidence-based medicine: clinicals trials, systematic reivews, meta-analyses and guideline development D Corrado Barbui (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Child development: a neurodevelopmental approach D Alessandro Simonati (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Technologies applied to type 1 diabetes mellitus: towards artificial pancreas D Maddalena Trombetta (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Therapy of diabetes mellitus D Enzo Bonora (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Stem cell transplantation: biological and clinical issues D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tubercolosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, therapy and surveillaince D Michela Conti (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Traditional and laser treatment of chronic venous insufficiency D Alberto Scuro (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Immunophenotyping in normal hematopoiesis and in hematological diseases D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Interpretation of laboratory data: from theory to practice D Gian Luca Salvagno (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Alcoholism D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Toxicological screening in acute/lethal poisoning cases: chemoinformatic analytical applications D Aldo Eliano Polettini (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and social history of drugs D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Heroin and cocaine. History, epidemiology, new scenarios, clinical approach, complications. Serts. D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
2° semestre From 2/22/21 To 5/28/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Bioinformatics D Maria Romanelli (Coordinator)
3° TECO test 3° anno D Martina Montagnana (Coordinator)
2° 3° Human retroviruses: HIV and AIDS D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)
2° 3° Emerging Viruses and zonosis D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Psychological aspects of addiction D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Short history of pharmacology D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Dependence on legal drugs (benzodiazepines and pain killers) D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Doping and doping control D Aldo Eliano Polettini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Gambling D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Tabagism D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° role and management of therapeutic groups in medicine D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° History of surgery D Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
4° Clinical electrocardiography D Daniele Prati (Coordinator)
4° HIV 20.20: the doctor and the client in real life D Maddalena Cordioli (Coordinator)
5° Surgical anatomy of head and neck D Daniele Marchioni (Coordinator)
5° Clinical approach to cancer patient D Michele Milella (Coordinator)
5° Surgery of pancreas and peryampullary area D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° Colordroppler ultrasound of carotid arteries, lower limbs and abdominal vessels D Sergio De Marchi (Coordinator)
5° Clinical ultrasound D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
4° 5° Pathophysiological, clinical and therapeutics approach to cardiovascular risk D Anna Maria Fratta Pasini (Coordinator)
4° 5° Off-label use of medicines in clinical practice D Laura Cuzzolin (Coordinator)
4° 5° Pancreatic neoplasms: clinic-pathologic features D Giuseppe Zamboni (Coordinator)
4° 5° Nodule of the thyroid: clinicopathologic correlations D Guido Martignoni (Coordinator)
6° Management of infections and antimicrobial treatment in immunocompromised hosts D Elda Righi (Coordinator)
6° Multimodal treatment of Upper GastroIntestinal Maligniancies D Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
5° 6° Pediatric andrology and fertility potential D Nicola Zampieri (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally invasive pediatric surgery D Francesco Saverio Camoglio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neonatal surgery D Francesco Saverio Camoglio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of retroperitoneal tumors and GIST D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant diseases of biliary tree D Andrea Ruzzenente (Coordinator)
5° 6° Training to medical humanities D Martina Montagnana (Coordinator)
5° 6° Management of pain in reumathologic diseases D Davide Gatti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Pancreatic dilemma between inflammation and neoplasia D Antonio Amodio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Introduction to Robotic Surgery D Paolo Fiorini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Infection in ICU D Anna Maria Azzini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders D Stefano Tamburin (Coordinator)
5° 6° Allergic and immunomediated diseases D Claudio Lunardi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Physicians: their history, their stories D Luca Idolazzi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Experimental microsurgery D Alessio Rungatscher (Coordinator)
5° 6° PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS D Elena Manuela Samaila (Coordinator)
5° 6° How to prescribe appropriate antibiotic therapy D Evelina Tacconelli (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical senology D Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robot-assisted) surgery in abdominal diseases (videos and dry-lab) D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Intra-articular onjection in Rheumatology D Elena Fracassi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical toxicology in the Emergency Department and CBRN events D Giorgio Ricci (Coordinator)
5° 6° TUMORS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: THE PATHOLOGIST ROLE IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY D Valeria Barresi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Gynecopathology in deep D Anna Caliò (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Health inequalities and barriers experienced by LGBTI people in accessing health care D Francesco Amaddeo (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Diagnosis in pediatric allergy D Giorgio Piacentini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Gynecological endocrinology D Paolo Moghetti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Diagnosis of Disease based on the laboratory analysis: from theory to practice D Gian Luca Salvagno (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tumor immunology and immunomodulation D Stefano Ugel (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Robotic surgery in urology D Alessandro Antonelli (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Intraoperative neurophysiology: a functional approach to modern neurosurgery D Francesco Sala (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Mental health in humanitarian settings and in low- and middle-income countries D Corrado Barbui (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Hints in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphomas D Carlo Visco (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Therapy with biologic agents in rheumatic diseases D Ombretta Viapiana (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Translating basic immunology into the clinic D Francesco De Sanctis (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tropical Medicine D Zeno Bisoffi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation D Nicola Smania (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Humanitarian Medicine and Surgery D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Non-pharmacological treatment of pain in surgery: music therapy D Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Multimodal treatment of pancreatic neoplasms D Giuseppe Malleo (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Practical issues in genetic counseling D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction diseases D Daniele Dell'Orco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° From Darwin to molecular genomics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Ethical dilemmas in medical genetics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Improving adherence in medicine: the motivational interviewing D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical Deontology D Federica Bortolotti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Women and health D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and antropological emergencies in third world countries D Mariarita Bertoldi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Stress reduction D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)

TUMORS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: THE PATHOLOGIST ROLE IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY  (Corso Elettivo)  (2020/2021)

Teaching code

4S009445

Teacher

Valeria Barresi

Coordinator

Valeria Barresi

Credits

1

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/08 - PATHOLOGY

Period

2° semestre dal Feb 22, 2021 al May 28, 2021.

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Learning outcomes

This course aims to describe the clinical-pathological, immunohistochemical and molecular features of tumors of the central nervous system.
At the end of this course, students will be able to fill a request for a histopathological exam of a CNS tumor, providing all necessary information for the pathologist and to understand information in histopathological report for prognosis and tdecision making.

Program

Classification of Tumors of the central Nervous system, according to WHO Classification. Anatomical-clinical correlations.
Glial tumors. Ependymal tumors. Embryonal tumors. Meningeal tumors. Tumors of the sella region.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Kumar –Cotran-Robbins Anatomia Patologica (Edizione 6) EMSI Editrice, Roma. 2015

Examination Methods

Certification based on the frequency of lessons.
This course is organized into six lessons, which will be scheduled according to the needs of students.
Location: online, link zoom
Recommended year of frequency: 5th and 6th

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE