Neoplastic Hematopathology

The haematopoietic system and haematopoiesis; the immune system; immunologic markets useful in the diagnosis and classification of haematopoietic neoplasms; flow cytometric analysis of haematopoietic specimens; immunohistochemical analysis of lymphoid tissue; antigen receptor genes; oncogenes; the application of molecular genetic analysis to the diagnosis and classification of hematopoietic neoplasms; the role of cytogenetics in the diagnosis and classification of haematopoietic neoplasms; the organization and practical operation of a haematopathology laboratory; technical factors in the preparation and evaluation of lymph node; biopsies; the role of fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis; and management of hematopoietic neoplasms; evaluation of the lymph node biopsy; the reactive lymphadenopathies; angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy, multicentric castleman's disease and the lymphoproliferative disorders associated with immune deficiency; Hodgkin's disease; the classification of the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas; small lymphocytic lymphoma; intermediate lymphocytic and mantle zone lymphoma; monocytoid B cell lymphoma; follicular lymphomas; diffuse large cell, immunoblastic large cell and anaplastic large cell lymphoma; lymphoblastic lymphoma; small non-cleaved cell (Burkett's and non-Burkett's) lymphoma; lymphadenopathy and the lymphoid neoplasms associated with AIDS; peripheral T cell lymphoma; non-haematopoietic elements in lymph nodes; extranodal lymphoid proliferations; the benign and malignant cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders including mycosis fungoides; gastrointestinal lymphomas and lymphoid hyperplasia; pulmonary lymphomas and lymphoid hyperplasia; malignant lymphomas and lymphoid hyperplasias occurring in the ocular adnexa; salivary gland, central nervous system, gonadal, thyroid and other less common extranodal lymphomas and lymphoid hyperplasia; handling the bone marrow biopsy; cytochemical, histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis of the bone marrow; the bone marrow manifestations of Hodgkin's diseases, the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and lymphomas-like disorders; B cell chronic lymphocytic and prolymphocytic leukemia; hairy cell leukemia; the B cell immunoproliferative disorders including multiple myeloma and amyloidosis; T cell chronic lymphocytic and prolymphocytic leukemia; adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma; acute lymphoblastic leukemia; the acute non-lymphoid leukemias; lineage heterogeneity in the acute leukemias; the myelodysplastic syndromes; chronic myelogenous leukemia and the myeloproliferative disorders; interpretation of post-chemotherapy and post-transplantation bone marrow specimens; the histiocytic and dendritic cell proliferations; mast cell disease; the histopathologic manifestations of the lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative disorders involving the spleen.