This is a general list of important diseases and conditions. Individual diseases may be found within different groups, not listed here. For example, many skin rashes may be secondary to an infection and may be listed under Infections and Microbiology. Some diseases, such as Alcoholism, are not easily defined by any one organ system or disease process and are listed separately. If you do not find the disease you are looking for, use the Search button on the panel above.

• General Information
  • How Accurate are Laboratory Tests?
• What is Cancer?
• Commonly Used Terms in Pathology
• Alcoholism
• Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
• Amyloidosis
• Angiomyolipoma, Extrarenal
• Atherosclerosis
• Autoimmune Disorders (Lupus, Dermatomyositis, Sjogren's syndrome, etc.)
• Behcet Disease
• Bone and Joint Tumors
• Calciphylaxis
• Carney Complex
• Common Variable Immunodeficiency
• Congenital Metabolic Disorders (Inherited Disorders)
• Diabetes
• Carcinoma-See Body Sites
• CD4+ T Lymphocytopenia
• Childhood Diseases (Pediatric Pathology)
• Erdheim-Chester Disease
• Erythema Induratum (Nodular Vasculitis)
• Extra-Gonadal Germ Cell Tumors
• Familial Mediterranean Fever
• Female Reproductive System Disorders and Conditions
• Hematologic and Lymphatic Diseases
• Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D Syndrome
• Hyperimmunoglobulinemia E Syndrome
• Infections and_microbiology
• Infantile-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (IOMID)
• Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (Necrotizing Lymphadenitis)
• Kimura's Disease
• Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
• Male Reproductive System (Prostate, Testis, Penis)
• Malnutrition
• Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome (Granulomatous Cheilitis)
• Metastastic Malignancy of Unknown Primary
• Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes (MEN Syndromes)
• Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Cervical Adenitis (PFAPA)
• Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) Storage Disease
• Pseudomyxoma peritonei
• Radiation
• Romberg Syndrome (Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy, Parry Romberg Syndrome)
• Rosai-Dorfman Disease (Sinus Histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy)
• Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
• Sarcoidosis
• Skin Diseases (Melanoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Rashes, Blistering Diseases, etc.)
• Soft Tissue Tumors and Sarcomas
• Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS)
• Vasculitis
• Williams Syndrome

Basic Principles of Disease
Learn the basic disease classifications of cancers, infections, and inflammation

Commonly Used Terms
This is a glossary of terms often found in a pathology report.

Diagnostic Process
Learn how a pathologist makes a diagnosis using a microscope

Surgical Pathology Report
Examine an actual biopsy report to understand what each section means

Special Stains
Understand the tools the pathologist utilizes to aid in the diagnosis

How Accurate is My Report?
Pathologists actively oversee every area of the laboratory to ensure your report is accurate

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Recent teaching cases and lectures presented in conferences

• Pathologists Who Make A Difference
• Search for a Physician Specialist

Last Updated July 7, 2006

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