Author/Authors :
Magid, Margret S. NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.
Keywords :
pathology competencies , disease mechanisms , neoplasia , anaplasia , benign , hyperchromatic , hysterectomy , invasion , leiomyoma , leiomyosarcoma , malignant , metastasis , myomectomy , myometrium , normochromatic , nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio , paraneoplastic syndrome , pleomorphic , poorly differentiated , smooth muscle tumor , well-differentiated
