PrintRotation Summaries - Anatomic Pathology Electives
Pediatric Pathology at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
The rotation in Pediatric Pathology is designed to educate pathologists in the unique features of disease in the fetus, infant, child and adolescent. The rotation offers exposure to all aspects of pediatric pathology. Special strengths include tumor pathology, gastrointestinal and liver pathology, fetal pathology, hematopathology and neuropathology.
Goals and Objectives:
The rotation in Pediatric Pathology provides the full range of diagnostic services in anatomic pathology including routine histopathology, as well as molecular diagnostics, cytology, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization and ultrastructural pathology, microbiology, and virology in this recognized subspecialty.
Highlights:
- Pediatric solid organ neoplasia, including pediatric bone and soft tissue tumors.
- Transplantation pathology, including liver, bowel, kidney, lung, heart and bone marrow and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders
- Bowel motility disorders, including acetylcholinesterase stains for the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease
- Histiocyte disorders, including Langerhans cell histiocytosis and dendritic cell disorders
- Resident rotation offered in the third or fourth year
- Offers molecular diagnostic services for pediatric infectious disease, including pertussis, quantitative EBV