Objectives for Mechanisms of Human Disease Course

1. Apply knowledge of pathology to genesis of imaging findings.
2. Recognize pathology from images (pattern recognition).
3. Match clinical history with classical images.

You should be able to apply the above objectives to the following topics during Mechanisms Course:

Abdominal Pathology:

• Diverticular disease
• Appendicitis
• Bowel obstruction
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Pancreatitis
• Intra-abdominal abscess
• Hepatic mass
• Renal mass
• Pancreatic mass

Neuropathology Topics are under Neurology clerkship.

Pulmonary Topics are presented under PCM and will be covered in Semester 1.