Course being offered at March 2018 USCAP annual meeting: Non-neoplastic surgical neuropathology that can be mistaken for neoplasia

SC07 - Surgical Neuropathology - The Other StuffThursday, March 22, 2018 - 8:00 am - 11:30 amThis Short Course session includes up to a half-hour break.Session Credits:3 CME and 3 SAMsFacultyBette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, MD, University of Colorado, Aurora, CORichard A. Prayson, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OHAnthony T. Yachnis, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FLCourse DescriptionThe majority of cases encountered in surgical neuropathology represent neoplasms. Subsequently, most pathologist, when confronted with a surgical neuropathology case, are usually “thinking tumor” and conjuring up differential diagnoses related to neoplasms. However, at times, non-neoplastic lesions are targeted for biopsy or resection. Most pathologists are less familiar with these entities, less comfortable with them, and consequently, more likely to misdiagnose them. M ost continuing education courses and workshops are typically focused primarily on tumors. The treatment for a non-neoplastic condition simulating tumor versus actual tumor is radically different and hence the critical need for avoiding an incorrect diagnosis that might lead to incorrect administrati on of radiation or chemotherapy. This short course will focus primarily on “the other stuff”, those non-neoplastic conditions one is likely to encounter in a surgical neuropathology setting and the differential diagnostic considerations when faced with these entities. Topics to be addressed incl ude differentiating g...
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