Gastrointestinal Pathology — Special Pathology

Special Pathology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Comprehensive analysis of the pathology of the digestive tract: from the esophagus to the rectum, with emphasis on molecular mechanisms, diagnostic morphology and highly relevant clinicopathological correlations.

What it covers

1. · 2026 taxonomic update
2. Introduction and Principles of GI Pathology
3. · Histological Organization of the Digestive Tube
4. · Key Cell Types of the GI Epithelium
5. · General Principles of Mucosal Response to Damage
6. Pathology of the Esophagus
7. · Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and its Complications
8. · Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
9. · Esophageal Varices
10. · Achalasia
11. · Esophageal Carcinomas
12. Stomach Pathology
13. · Acute Gastritis
14. · Chronic Gastritis — Classification and Pathophysiology
15. · Peptic Ulcer
16. · Gastric Carcinoma
17. · Gastric Lymphoma and MALT
18. · Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
19. Small Intestine Pathology
20. · Intestinal Obstruction
21. · Meckel's diverticulum
22. · Neuroendocrine Tumors (NET) — Carcinoid Tumors
23. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
24. · Epidemiology and Molecular Pathogenesis
25. · Morphological Differentiation: Crohn vs. Ulcerative Colitis
26. Colon Pathology
27. · Diverticular Disease
28. · Clostridium difficile colitis (Clostridioides difficile)
29. · Microscopic Colitis
30. · Toxic Megacolon
31. Appendix Pathology
32. · Acute Appendicitis
33. · Appendix Tumors
34. Gastrointestinal Tract Neoplasms
35. · Colorectal Polyps — The Precursor Lesion of CRC
36. · Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes
37. · Colorectal Carcinoma (CRC)
38. Gastrointestinal Vascular Pathology
39. · Intestinal Ischemia
40. · Angiodysplasia (Vascular Ectasia)
41. Malabsorption Syndromes
42. · Celiac Disease (Celiac Sprue)
43. · Whipple's disease
44. Pathology of the Peritoneum
45. · Peritonitis
46. · Peritoneal Mesothelioma
47. · Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
48. Anorectal Pathology
49. · Hemorrhoids
50. · Carcinoma of the Anal Canal
51. · Anorectal Fistulas and Abscesses