Classic Lectures in Pathology: What You Need to Know: Endocrine Pathology – A Video CME Teaching Activity 2019

• Utilize strict and well-defined criteria in the evaluation and diagnosis of thyroid follicular lesions.
• Describe the various cytomorphologic features of metastatic malignancies, emphasizing differential diagnosis, pitfalls and clues to determine a primary site of origin.
• Discuss the use of ancillary studies in the work-up of metastases, with particular emphasis on immunohistochemistry using an algorithmic approach.
• Recognize the different types of tissue fragments in FNAB specimens, recognize several cytomorphologic patterns of FNAB specimens, and render a diagnosis based on a pattern recognition of FNAB specimen.
• Discuss the newer aspects of molecular alterations in thyroid neoplasms.
• Review the approach to difficult lesions of the salivary glands.
• Render a diagnosis based on pattern recognition of thyroid FNAB specimens and formulate a broad differential diagnosis.
• Recognize the basic architectural pattern seen with salivary gland aspirates and be able to identify and diagnose common benign and malignant salivary gland lesions.
• Render a diagnosis based on pattern recognition and salivary gland FNAB specimens and formulate a broad differential diagnosis.
• Describe the basic technique and pitfall avoidance of fine needle aspiration biopsy performance.

Program

Session 1

Diagnostically Challenging Surgical Pathology Lesion of Endocrine Organs Part 1
Lester D. R. Thompson, M.D.

Session 2

Diagnostically Challenging Surgical Pathology Lesion of Endocrine Organs Part 2
Lester D. R. Thompson, M.D.

Session 3

Cytologic Diagnosis of Indeterminate Thyroid Lesions and Utilization of Molecular Testing
Tarik M. Elsheikh, M.D.

Cytologic Workup of Metastases of Unknown Primary Site: A Clinicopathologic Approach – Part 1
Tarik M. Elsheikh, M.D.

Session 4

Cytologic Workup of Metastases of Unknown Primary Site: A Clinicopathologic Approach – Part 2
Tarik M. Elsheikh, M.D.

FNA of the Salivary Glands
Osama M.A. Abdelatif, M.D.

Session 5

FNA of the Thyroid
Osama M.A. Abdelatif, M.D.

Session 6

FNA Diagnosis by Pattern Recognition
Osama M.A. Abdelatif, M.D.

Thyroid Pathology in the Molecular Era
Jennifer L. Hunt, M.D.