IPLab

The Interactive Pathology Laboratory offers an interactive, case-based approach for learning the concepts of Pathology. The program consists of approximately 100 cases outlining clinical and laboratory findings along with gross photographs and photomicrographs accompanied by descriptive text. The program has been designed to complement Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease with groups of cases organized into laboratory modules that follow the sequence of chapters in the textbook.

The IPLAB.net Web site integrates discussion pages where students can post questions that either faculty or other students can answer. The Web site also contains links for other on-line resources related to the specific topic areas of interest. Quick and efficient access to high quality image files and built-in links to Internet based discussion forums and resource sites make the Interactive Pathology Laboratory program a unique and powerful educational tool. In addition to providing content, this program also encourages and facilitates communication and "information seeking" behavior - traits we would like to encourage in our medical students.

Lab 1: Cell Injury and Death

• Objectives
• Heart: Myocardial Infarction (Coagulative Necrosis)
• Kidney: Infarction (Coagulative Necrosis)
• Lung: Abscess (Liquefactive Necrosis)
• Pancreas: Fat Necrosis (Enzymatic Necrosis)
• Lung: Tuberculosis (Caseous Necrosis)
• Prostate: Apoptosis
• Additional Resources

Lab 2: Cell Adaptations

• Objectives
• Heart: Myocardial Hypertrophy
• Prostate: Nodular Hyperplasia
• Kidney: Squamous Metaplasia
• Testis: Atrophy
• Lung: Metastatic Calcification
• Liver: Fatty Change & Cirrhosis
• Additional Resources

Lab 3: Inflammation and Repair

• Objectives
• Appendix: Acute Appendicitis
• Lung: Lobar Pneumonia
• Lung: Bronchopneumonia
• Lymph Node: Sarcoidosis
• Lung: Tuberculosis
• Lung: Foreign Body Granuloma
• Heart: Fibrinous Pericarditis
• Stomach: Chronic Peptic Ulcer
• Brain: Healed Infarction
• Heart: Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Heart: Healed Myocardial Infarction
• Additional Resources

Lab 4: Hemodynamic Disorders

• Objectives
• Lung: Pulmonary Congestion and Edema
• Liver: Chronic Passive Congestion
• Heart: Mural Thrombus
• Coronary Artery: Thrombosis
• Lung: Thromboembolus
• Lung and Heart: Septic Emboli
• Kidney: Atheromatous Emboli
• Additional Resources

Lab 5: Genetic Disorders

• Objectives
• Skin: Neurofibromatosis
• Kidney: Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Lung: α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
• Liver: Hemochromatosis
• Spleen: Gaucher Disease
• Gout
• Kidney: Nodular Intercapillary Glomerulosclerosis
• Trisomy 21
• Additional Resources

Lab 6: Immunopathology

• Objectives
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Thyroid: Graves Disease
• Thyroid: Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
• Polyarteritis Nodosa
• Lung: Scleroderma
• Lung: Tuberculosis
• Kidney: Glomerulonephritis
• Kidney: Acute Transplant Rejection
• Kidney: Chronic Transplant Rejection
• Multiple Myeloma with Amyloid
• Liver: Amyloidosis
• Heart: Senile Amyloidosis
• Additional Resources

Lab 7: Neoplasia

• Objectives
• Thyroid: Adenoma
• Breast: Fibroadenoma
• Lip: Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Esophagus: Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Colon: Adenocarcinoma
• Lung & Liver: Metastatic Adenocarcinoma
• Breast: Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma
• Skin: Malignant Melanoma
• Lung: Bronchogenic Carcinoma
• Ileocecal Valve: Carcinoid
• Femur: Osteosarcoma
• Additional Resources

Lab 8: Viral Diseases

• Objectives
• Tongue: Herpes Glossitis
• Brain: Herpes Encephalitis
• Brain: Rabies
• Spinal Cord: Poliomyelitis
• Liver: Hepatitis B
• Additional Resources

Lab 9: Bacterial Diseases

• Objectives
• Skin: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Brain: Bacterial Meningitis
• Trachea: Diphtheria
• Heart: Acute Rheumatic Myocarditis
• Clostridial Myonecrosis
• Actinomycosis
• Additional Resources

Lab 10: Fungal Diseases

• Objectives
• Kidney: Candidiasis
• Adrenal Gland: Histoplasmosis
• Lung: Cryptococcosis
• Lung: Blastomycosis
• Carotid Artery: Mucormycosis
• Additional Resources

Lab 11: Parasitic Diseases Objectives Malaria Leishmaniasis Ascariasis Cysticercosis Schistosomiasis Chagas Disease Additional Resources

Lab 12: Environmental Pathology Objectives Liver: Alcoholic Cirrhosis Liver: Acetaminophen Toxicity Lung: Radiation Fibrosis Ileum: Radiation Changes Thoracic Mesothelioma Burns Lung: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Additional Resources

Lab 13: Diseases of Infancy Objectives Spine: Myelomeningocele Liver: Biliary Atresia Lung: Hyaline Membrane Disease Kidney: Wilms Tumor Cystic Fibrosis Meningococcemia Additional Resources