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1
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What is a lesion?

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All types of structural and functional alterations in cells and tissue

2
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What is etiology?

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Main cause of the disease

  • intrinsic
  • genetic
  • acquires
3
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What is pathogenesis?

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Mechanisms of how a disease develops from initiation to its cellular and molecular manifestations

4
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What diagnosis?

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Concise statement or conclusion concerning the nature, cause or name of disease

5
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What is clinical diagnosis?

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Based on the data obtained From case history, clinical signs and physical examination

6
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What is differential diagnosis?

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List of diseases that could account for the evidence or lesions of the case

7
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What is clinical pathological diagnosis?

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Based on changes observed in the chemistry of fluids and hematology, structure and function of cells collected from living patient

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What is morphologic diagnosis?

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Lesion diagnosis
Based on the predominant lesions in the tissues, may be gross or histologic.
Describes the severity, duration, distribution, location and nature of the lesion

9
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What is macroscopic/gross lesions?

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Referring to location, shape, size, color, consistency, texture, appearance on cut section…
Needs to be quantified as in mild, moderate or severe

10
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What is microscopic description?

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Must include description of the cellular components of the lesion and the relationship established among them and how that affects the tissue in which they are located

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What is an etiological diagnosis?

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Names the specific cause of the disease

12
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What is disease diagnosis?

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Equally specific stating the common name of the disease

13
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What is prognosis?

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Statement of the expected outcome of a condition