• Inflammation
• Repair
• Cell injury and cell death
• Cellular adaptation

• Definition
• Nomenclature of tumor
• Differences between benign and malignant tumor
• Carcinogens & Carcinogenesis
• Effects of tumor on the host
• Diagnosis of tumor

• Oedema, Haemorrhage & shock
• Thrombosis, Embolism & Infarction

Viral Infection

• SARS
• Avian Flu
• AIDS
• Viral hepatitis

Bacterial Infection

• Tuberculosis
• Leprosy
• Syphilis

Protozoal infection

• Malaria
• Amoebiasis

Water & Food borne Diseases

• Enteric fever
• Bacillary dysentery
• Cholera

Components of Immune System

Disorders of Immune System

• Hypersensitivity reactions
• Autoimmune diseases

Organ / tissue transplants and rejection

Mendelian Disorders

• Autosomal dominant disorders (Polycystic kidney disease)
• Autosomal recessive disorders (Thalassaemias)
• X-linked disorders (Haemophilia)
• Genetically determined adverse reactions to drugs

Chromosomal disorders

• Cytogenetic disorders involving autosomes (Down syndrome)
• Cytogenetic disorders involving sex chromosomes (Turner syndrome)

Gene Therapy

Respiratory system

• Pneumonia
• Bronchial asthma
• Respiratory failure

GIT

• Gastritis
• Peptic ulcer
• Liver failure

CVS

• Ischaemic heart disease
• Systemic hypertension
• Heart failure

CNS

• Increased intracranial pressure
• Meningitis

Urinary Tract

• Stones (Urolithiasis)
• Urinary tract infections
• Renal failure

Male & Female genital tract

• BPH
• Diagnosis of bleeding per vagina
• Toxaemia of pregnancy
• Carcinoma cervix

Endocrine organs

• Pancreas ® Diabetes Mellitus
• Thyroid ® Hyperthyroidism
• Hypothyroidism

Others (Joints & Bones)

• Uric acid ® Gout
• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Global Burden of Disease (GBD)
• Health effects of climate change
• Toxicity of chemical and physical agents
• Health effects of outdoor air pollutants
• Metals as environmental pollutants
• Human diseases associated with occupational exposures
• Effects of tobacco
• Effects of alcohol
• Injury by therapeutic drugs and drugs of abuse
• Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM: Marasmus and Kwashiorkor)

Red blood cells

• Deficiency anaemia (Iron deficiency anaemia, B12 & Folic acid deficiency anaemia)
• Haemolytic anaemia
• Thalassaemia

White blood cells

• Abnormal WBC count
• Leukaemia

Platelets

• Thrombocytopenia
• ITP

Coagulation Disorders

• Haemophilia A and B

Blood groups

Transfusion of blood and blood products

• Blood procurement, screening and preservation

Hazards of blood transfusion therapy

Adverse haematological reactions of drugs

• Introduction
• Ideal diagnostic test
• Factors affecting the quality of laboratory results