Pathology, the study of disease is an essential medical subject that bridges the basic sciences and the clinical disciplines. An understanding of the pathophysiological processes will greatly enhance the appreciation of clinical disease manifestations in patients. Pathology is thus an essential component in the curriculum of various healthcare disciplines, including Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Nursing, amongst others. For Pharmacy students, it builds upon the foundations of normal human biology, providing the essential disease underpinnings, to build a future career in patient care and therapeutics.

THEORY

 1.  SCOPE OF PATHOLOGY & CONCEPT OF DISEASES:

 2.  DEFINITION AND TERMINOLOGY:  Ischemia, Hypoxia, Necrosis, Infarction, Atrophy, Hypertrophy, Hyperplasia, Metaplasia, Aplasia, Anaplasia.

3.  RESPONSE OF BODY TO INJURY AND INFECTION:  Acute and Chronic inflammation, Immunity, Allergy, Hyper Sensitivity.

4.  SPECIFIC DISEASES: Ulcer (Peptic, Duodenal), Hypertension, Leukemia or Blood Cancer (Malignant Carcinoma,  Sarcoma  &  Lymphomas),  Diagnosis  and  treatment  of  Cancer  in general,  fate,  survival  and prognosis with tumors

Reference books

1. Suvarna, S.K., C. Layton and J.D. Bancroft, 2012. Theory and Practice of Histological Techniques. 7th Ed., Churchill Livingstone Publishers, London, UK.
2. Kumar, V., A.K. Abbas, N. Fausto and R. Mitchell, 2012. Robbins Basic Pathology. 9th Ed., W. B.
3. Slauson,  D.O.  and  B.J.  Cooper,  2003.  Mechanism  of  Disease.  A  textbook  of  Comparative  General Pathology. 3 rd  Ed., Elsevier Health Science Div. London, UK.