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Neuropathology - Intensive Course for Pathologists, Neurologists and MRT Users, Berne / Switzerland, 26 - 30 October 2009 heldCourse Master: Prof. Dr. Marc Vandevelde DECVN (CH)Co-lecturers: Prof. Dr. Robert Higgins DACVP (USA), Dr. Anna Oevermann DECVP (CH), Dr. Daniela Gorgas (CH) OVERVIEW The ESAVS neuropathology course has been offered many times. Over the years, the public has been changing with ever more clinical neurologists attending the course. Clearly, diagnostic imaging, particularly MRI has become a major aid in clinical diagnosis and correct interpretation of MRI findings necessitates good knowledge of neuroanatomy and neuropathology. Gradually we have adapted the course to the new needs and in this newest version we are emphasizing the correlation between MRI and pathology to a much larger extent than before. Certainly this remains primarily a neuropathology course. We will not train you to do MRI`s. We will teach you the basic lesion types and reaction patterns in the CNS and the key morphological features of the most important CNS diseases. However we will start from the MRI image and take you from there to the macroscopic and histological aspects of the lesion. We will put a lot of emphasis on neuroanatomy and macroscopic neuropathology. We will also teach you the strategy and principles of performing a competent neuropathological examination and a practical approach to solve neuropathological problems. This is a very intensive course but our experience over the years and feed back from former participants have shown that our approach is very effective and lays a solid foundation for further individual development in neuropathology. For whom is this course of interest? Clinical neurologists: The course meets the neuropathology requirements of the ECVN. Because of the rapidly increasing importance of MRI also in private practice, neurologists can greatly profit from this course. Diagnostic imaging experts: A more profound understanding of neuropathology is undoubtedly an advantage for those who are regularly performing MRI studies of neurological patients. Pathologists: This course offers a comprehensive and effective introduction to diagnostic neuropathology for diagnostic pathologists and pathology residents. The link to diagnostic imaging and clinical neurology offers insight into the needs of neurologists and radiologists to get adequate pathological feed back. TOPICS Specific categories of lesions: - Recognizing different patterns - Infectious diseases - Non-infectious inflammatory diseases - Recognizing major types - Gliomas - Meningeal tumors - Metastatic tumors - PNS tumors - Brain trauma - Spinal cord trauma - Spinal cord compression - Infarcts of brain and spinal cord - Toxic-metabolic diseases. - Degenerative diseases General approach: The different topics are introduced in interactive introductory lectures. Typical MRI images of various lesions are presented with corresponding gross and microscopic pathological findings. For each topic practicals are conducted with individual reading and interpretation of images of gross lesions and reading histological sections with the microscope. The findings are presented at a plenary session and discussed. PROGRAM Monday, 26 October 2009 07.45 - 08.15 Welcome and Registration 08.15 - 09.15 Gross neuro-anatomy, braincutting/ representative sampling, processing 09.15 - 09.45 Macroscopic evaluation of the CNS 09.45 - 10.15 MRI of brain lesions 10.15 - 10.30 Coffee Break 10.30 - 12.00 Basic reaction patterns in the CNS 12.00 - 13.30 Lunch Break 13.30 - 15.30 Wet lab brain cutting /sampling 15.30 - 16.15 Practical individual work: assessment of gross lesions and correlation with MRI 16.15 - 16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 - 17.15 Presentation and discussion of gross lesions 17.15 - open Welcome Party Tuesday, 27 October 2009 08.15 - 08.45 Malformations 08.45 - 09.15 Inflammation: different patterns 09.15 - 10.00 Bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections 10.00 - 10.15 Coffee Break 10.15 - 11.00 Viral and Prozontal 11.00 - 12.00 Non-infectious inflammatory diseases 12.00 - 13.30 Lunch Break 13.30 - 16.15 Practical individual work: macroscopic assessment of gross lesions and correlation with MRI / Histolab: inflammatory diseases 16.15 - 16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 - open Presentation and discussion of cases Wednesday, 28 October 2009 08.15 - 10.00 Tumors of the nervous system 10.00 - 10.15 Coffee Break 10.15 - 11.00 Trauma and infarcts 11.00 - 12.00 Practical individual work: macroscopic assessment of gross lesions and correlation with MRI 12.00 - 13.30 Lunch Break 13.30 - 15.30 Practical individual work: macroscopic assessment of gross lesions and correlation with MRI / Histolab: tumors and malacias 15.30 - open Presentation and discussion of cases Thursday, 29 October 2009 08.15 - 09.00 Toxic metabolic diseases 09.00 - 09.45 Neuronal degenerations 09.45 - 10.00 Coffee Break 10.00 - 11.00 Axonal degenerations 11.00 - 12.00 Practical individual work: macroscopic assessment of gross lesions and correlation with MRI 12.00 - 13.30 Lunch Break 13.30 - 15.30 Practical individual work: macroscopic assessment of gross lesions and correlation with MRI / Histolab: neuronal and axonal degenerations 15.30 - open Presentation and discussion of cases Friday, 30 October 2009 08.15 - 09.00 Spongy and spongiform degenerations, spongy state 09.00 - 09.45 Myelin disorders and storage diseases 09.45 - 10.00 Coffee Break 10.00 - 12.00 Practical individual work: macroscopic assessment of gross lesions and correlation with MRI 12.00 - 13.00 Lunch Break 13.00 - 14.00 Histolab: degenerative diseases, spongy state 14.00 - 15.30 Presentation and discussion of cases 15.30 - 16.00 Course evaluation; concluding remarks  Neuropathology 2009 - subject to change
ATF credit hours (Akademie für Tierärtzliche Fortbildung, Germany): 34 (for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg) CPD points (Continuing Professional Developement): 40 Please also see ESAVS Certficate Program (ECSAVP) ONLINE MATERIAL Course Notes COURSE LOCATION Hotel and Travel Information
Hotels starting from 59,00 Euros per night: 
Hostels ranging from 26,00 - 57,00 Euros per night (Please enter Bern, Switzerland as location and select hostels in the city centre for easiest public transport to the course location) REGISTRATION Tuition fee: EURO 1.700,-- Early registration: EURO 1.600,-- (deadline for early registration: 31st March 2009) Special reduced price for residents: EURO 1.000,-- This course is kindly supported by: |
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