General Pathology

Introduction to pathology and the causation of disease; the normal cell; cell injury; cell death and necrosis: gangrene; amyloid; calcification; pigmentation; jaundice; fluid and electrolyte balance; oedema; hyperaemia and congestion; haemorrhage; shock; thrombosis and embolism; ischaema and infraction; acute inflammation; the classification of inflammation; chronic inflammation; healing and repair; infections and some infectious diseases; tuberculosis; other infectious and granulomatous diseases; disorders of growth; tumours and their classification; the characteristics of malignancy; the spread of malignant tumours; carcinogenesis; some tumours of epithelial tissue: skin tumours; some tumours of connective tissue; some tumours of lymphoid tissues and bone marrow; some tumours of childhood; the effects of tumours; tissue response to ionising radiation; disorders of carbohydrate metabolism: diabetes mellitus; some inherited and metabolic disorders; nutrititional disorders; transplant rejection and localised autoimmune disease; generalised autoimmune disease.