Cervical pathology. What tasks have a gynecologist?

What we have learned about cervical ultrasound.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network has completed 2 prospective, blinded observational studies of cervical ultrasound for the prediction of preterm birth and the identification of high-risk women who might benefit from interventions aimed at preventing spontaneous preterm birth. These reports and other clinical data support the conc...

What pathology--and pathology for what?

In this short consideration of some problems in medical education it is proposed to deal with what pathology the undergraduate requires and what pathology is needed in postgraduate study for specialization. This subject was chosen for two reasons. First, it appears timely since medical education in general is actively under review. Secondly, with the recent foundation of the College of Patholog...

The accidental gynecologist.

Axonal and neuronal pathology in multiple sclerosis: what have we learnt from animal models.

Axonal and neuronal injury and loss are of critical importance for permanent clinical disability in multiple sclerosis patients. Axonal injury occurs already early during the disease and accumulates with disease progression. It is not restricted to focal demyelinated lesions in the white matter, but also affects the normal appearing white matter and the grey matter. Experimental studies show th...

The many faces of Hodgkin's disease around the world: what have we learned from its pathology?

In the past decade there have been many advances in our understanding of Hodgkin's disease. Among the most important is the discovery that the Reed-Sternberg cell is a lymphoid cell, in most cases a B cell, and that it is clonal, and thus a true lymphoma, deserving of a name change, to 'Hodgkin's lymphoma' (HL). Based on a combination of immunophenotype and morphology, the R.E.A.L. Classificati...