OVERVIEW

Expert Series with Jason L. Hornick, M.D., Ph.D.: Soft Tissue Pathology: A One-On-One Tutorial is organized by docmedED.com - Educational Symposia (ESI) ON-DEMAND.

Dates:
Released Date: 05/15/19
CME Expiration Date: 05/14/2022

Target Audience:
This CME activity is intended and designed to educate pathologists.

Description:
This CME activity is an up-to-date and comprehensive review of a variety of topics in surgical pathology and cytopathology including gastrointestinal, genitourinary, soft tissue, gynecologic and dermatopathology. Emphasis is placed on correlation between cytopathology and surgical pathology findings, pertinent diagnostic techniques, including immunohistochemistry and molecular diagnostics. This activity also includes an overview of diagnostic pearls which allow for an accurate diagnosis as well as common diagnostic pitfalls.

Educational Objectives:
At the completion of this CME activity, subscribers should be able to:

• Apply a pattern-based approach to the differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumors.
• Describe the evolution of diagnostic immunohistochemistry for soft tissue tumors.
• Utilize immunohistochemistry for accurate diagnosis of soft tissue tumors.
• Order appropriate molecular tests for accurate diagnosis of soft tissue sarcomas.
• Recognize histologic and genetic subtypes of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
• Discuss the differential diagnosis of mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Recognize recently described mesenchymal tumors of the head and neck.
• Discuss the differential diagnosis of cutaneous spindle cell tumors.

No special educational preparation is required for this CME activity.