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The Pathology task force of WikiProject Medicine aims to better organize information in the articles related to Pathology and its subsidiaries including anatomic pathology, clinical pathology/laboratory medicine and investigative pathology.

Pathology is the study and diagnosis of disease. It is also a collection of medical specialities which focus on the diagnosis of disease based on changes in microscopic morphology and the determination of death, which includes forensic pathology. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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Contents 1 Goals 2 Participants 3 Articles 3.1 Preferred Nomenclature (see talk page) 3.2 Articles needing creation or improvement 3.3 Articles needing images/better images 4 Special articles 4.1 Did you know articles 4.2 Featured articles 4.3 Good articles 5 Pathology Category tree 6 Lists 7 Templates 7.1 Pathology templates 7.2 Project notice

[edit] Goals

The overall goal of the pathology task force is to make Wikipedia the most comprehensive pathology resource for the public. Specific goals of the task force are:

• Refine sections of existing medicine articles pertaining to mechanisms of disease
• Ensure that articles created on pathology topics are thoroughly referenced and include up-to-date links to the most recent literature
• Explain the use of evidence-based medicine in pathology
• Maintain consistency per WP:MEDMOS on pathology articles
• Produce pathology-themed featured articles based on the above
• Strenghten the articles related to forensics
• Increase the number of images attached to articles - making use of freely available images from places like:
  • Wikicommons - see: Wikicommons Main Page, KGH, Nephron
  • Pathology Wikibook and its more advanced German version

[edit] Participants

All Wikipedians are welcome to join! You need no medical expertise or specific pathology expertise in order to contribute to this task force.

User/Signature	Special Interests (if any)
Nephron  T|C 20:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)	Anatomical pathology, Pathology of the Kidney, Forensic pathology
Rustavo  T|C 05:03, 26 March 2007 (UTC)	Anatomical pathology, Molecular pathology, Cancer
JFW | T@lk 21:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)	General pathology
jdln | Jdln 12:40, 21 April 2007 (UTC)	Coagulation, hematopathology, transfusion medicine
Hovea	Anatomical pathology, Pathology of the Eye, Histology, Anatomy
Nanomed Dreams 05:36, 13 November 2007 (UTC)	Anatomical pathology
Haymanj 1300, 05 March 2008 (UTC)	Anatomical pathology, Mycobacterium ulcerans infection, Medical/Pathology History
Emmanuelm 9 January 2008 (UTC)	Pathology, Cancer
Mattopaedia Have a yarn23:36, 29 February 2008 (UTC)	Anatomical Pathology, Forensic Pathology
Skittleys (talk) 19:51, 20 July 2008 (UTC)	Forensic Pathology, Anatomical Pathology
ClockworkSoul 07:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)	Molecular pathology

[edit] Articles

[edit] Preferred Nomenclature (see talk page)

Experimental pathology preferred to Investigative pathology

Clinical pathology preferred to Laboratory medicine

Clinical chemistry preferred to Chemical pathology

Anatomical pathology preferred to Anatomic pathology

[edit] Articles needing creation or improvement

Improving the quality of the "core" pages listed on the template {{pathology}} (see below) is a top priority for the project. Note that some of the "tools" pages (e.g. electron microscopy) are well-developed but lack coverage of the topic in the context of pathology

See especially:

• Pathology
• Molecular pathology
• Cytopathology

• pap smear
• pap stain

• Forensic pathology
• Clinical pathology
• Clinical chemistry
• Transfusion medicine
• Medical microbiology
• Dental pathology
• Veterinary pathology
• Plant pathology
• Coroner (given that, in most countries outside the US, the coroner is entirely a medical position filled by a pathologist)

Also see Cat:Pathology stubs and Cat:Pathology articles needing expert attention.

[edit] Articles needing images/better images

• Autopsy

[edit] Special articles

[edit] Did you know articles

None at this time

[edit] Featured articles

None at this time

[edit] Good articles

None at this time

[edit] Pathology Category tree

(Please edit as changes are made to category pages)

• Category:Pathology
  • Category:Anatomical pathology
    • Category:Gross pathology
    • Category:Histopathology
    • Category:Oral pathology
  • Category:Clinical pathology
    • Category:Chemical pathology
    • Category:Hematology
    • Category:Microbiology
    • Category:Transfusion medicine
  • Category:Pathologists
    • Category:Pathologists by nationality
  • Category:Pathology stubs

[edit] Lists

No lists as of yet

[edit] Templates

[edit] Pathology templates

{{pathology-stub}} - Marks stub articles related to pathology subspecialties, tools, and techniques, as well as gross pathology and histopathology - related entities.

{{pathology}} - Yields the "blue box" for major pages:

v • d • e Medicine: Pathology Principles of pathology Disease/Medical condition (Infection, Neoplasia) · Hemodynamics (Ischemia) · Inflammation · Wound healing Cell death: Necrosis (Liquefactive necrosis, Coagulative necrosis, Caseous necrosis, Fat necrosis) · Apoptosis · Pyknosis · Karyorrhexis · Karyolysis Cellular adaptation: Atrophy · Hypertrophy · Hyperplasia · Dysplasia · Metaplasia (Squamous, Glandular) accumulations: pigment (Hemosiderin, Lipochrome/Lipofuscin, Melanin) · Steatosis Anatomical pathology Surgical pathology · Cytopathology · Autopsy · Molecular pathology · Forensic pathology · Dental pathology  Gross examination · Histopathology · Immunohistochemistry · Electron microscopy · Immunofluorescence · Fluorescent in situ hybridization Clinical pathology Clinical chemistry · Hematopathology · Transfusion medicine · Medical microbiology · Diagnostic immunology  · Immunopathology Enzyme assay · Mass spectrometry · Chromatography · Flow cytometry · Blood bank · Microbiological culture · Serology Specific conditions Myocardial infarction

[edit] Project notice

The template for marking an article as part of the Pathology task force is part of the WikiProject Medicine banner, {{WPMED}}. It can be inserted into an article's talkpage with:

{{WPMED |class= |importance= |pathology=yes |pathology-imp= }}

The first "importance" parameter is the subject's importance to the overall field of medicine, according to the guidelines here. The importance of a subject to the field of pathology should be listed with the "pathology-imp" parameter.