PATHOLOGY OF SENSE ORGANS Single channel

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: CARLO DI PAOLO

Module 1: ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL DISEASES

Activity type
Clinica medico-chirurgica degli organi di senso
SSD
MED/28
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
CARLO DI PAOLO

Module 2: MAXILLO-FACIAL SURGERY

Activity type
Formazione clinica interdisciplinare e medicina basata sulle evidenze
SSD
MED/29
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
VALENTINO VALENTINI

Module 3: DISEASES OF THE VISUAL APPARATUS

Activity type
Clinica medico-chirurgica degli organi di senso
SSD
MED/30
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
2
Hours distribution
24 classroom hours
Lecturers
MARCELLA NEBBIOSO
DANILO IANNETTA

Module 4: otorhinolaryngologist

Activity type
Clinica medico-chirurgica degli organi di senso
SSD
MED/31
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
2
Hours distribution
24 classroom hours
Lecturers
GIUSEPPE MAGLIULO
GIANNICOLA IANNELLA
GIAN ANTONIO BERTOLI

Module 5: AUDIOLOGY

Activity type
Clinica medico-chirurgica degli organi di senso
SSD
MED/32
Year
N/D
Semester
N/D
CFU
1
Hours distribution
12 classroom hours
Lecturers
LUCIA LONGO

Learning outcomes

The expected results are related to acquiring the knowledge of each module and applying it in clinical practice in a personalized way for each patient and for each clinical picture.

Prerequisites

respect the prerequisites of the CdS

Programme

Module: ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL DISEASES
PROGRAM OF ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL DISEASES
- The stomatognatic apparatus: nosological classification and evolution of functional interpretation
- Occlusion, malocclusion, malformations: definition and basic concepts
- Posture and occlusion about relations based on current knowledge
- Teeth and stomatognathic tissues (caries, parodontopathies, precancerous lesions, cysts and acute and chronic inflammation of oral tissues): basic physiology, pathology and prevention and their relationship with the problems of medical-surgical interest
- Basic references on the classification of the Temporo-Mandibular Articulation Pathologies, the principles of diagnosis and treatment and the relationships with other pathologies of medical interest
- Oro-facial pain definition, physiology, clinical features differential diagnosis and relationships with medical-surgical conditions
- Respiratory sleep disorders: snoring and obstructive apneas during sleep
- Dental imaging of medical interest


Module: MAXILLO-FACIAL SURGERY
TRAUMATOLOGY:
- emergency procedures in cranio - maxillo - facial surgery: airway and bleeding management
- mandibular fractures
- maxillary fractures
- Malar bone fractures
- Orbital Fractures
- Panfacial fractures
- Frontal bone fractures

CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION
- evaluation and surgical management of the most common dento - maxillo - facial malformations
and cranio - facial malformations

HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGICAL SURGERY
- benign lesions of head and neck
- evaluation and surgical management of malignant lesions of oral cavity and oropharynx
- evaluation and surgical management of malignant lesions of nasal and paranasal cavity
- evaluation and surgical management of salivary glands lesions
- evaluation and surgical management of oropharyngeal cancer

RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
- general principles
- grafts
- pedicle flaps
- free flaps

FACIAL PALSY
- general evaluation
- surgical managent of facial palsy


Module: DISEASES OF THE VISUAL APPARATUS
ELEMENTS OF ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY
AND SEMEIOTICS OF THE VISUAL APPARATUS
PATHOLOGIES OF THE EYE ANNEXES AND THE ORBIT
PATHOLOGIES OF THE ANTERIOR SEGMENT
PATHOLOGIES OF THE POSTERIOR SEGMENT
UVEITIS AND CHORIORETINOPATHIES
OPTICAL NERVE PATHOLOGIES AND OUTLINES OF NEUROPHTHALMOLOGY
OCULAR HYDRODYNAMICS AND GLAUCOMA
NOTIONS OF THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF EYE MOTILITY: STRABISMS
REFRACTION FAULTS
APPROACH TO EYE SURGERY AND PARASURGERY

Main retinal pathologies such as rhegmatogenous degeneration, retinal detachment, retinoblastoma and retinopathy of prematurity


Module: otorhinolaryngologist
N/D
Module: AUDIOLOGY
N/D

Books

Module: ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL DISEASES
The Odontostomatological Diseases module provides students with handouts and textbooks in PDF format as well as advising some specific texts such as:
Pathology of Temporomandibular Articulation. From aetiopathogenesis to therapy. P. Cascone - C. Di Paolo - Ed. Utet Milan 2004
Odontostomatological clinic lectures - L. Pacifici et all - Ariesdue Ed. 2012
Pathology Manual of Senso Organs - A. Polimeni et all - Edra Ed. 2019



Module: MAXILLO-FACIAL SURGERY
Organi di senso - Manuale per l' approccio integrato alle patologie testa - collo
Polimeni - De Vincentiis - Lambiase - Valentini
Edra Masson 2019


Module: DISEASES OF THE VISUAL APPARATUS
POLIMENI ANTONELLA, DE VINCENTIIS MARCO, LAMBIASE ALESSANDRO, VALENTINI VALENTINO
EDIZIONE 2019
EDITORE: EDRA-MASSON
ORGANI DI SENSO-MANUALE PER L’APPROCCIO INTEGRATO ALLE PATOLOGIE TESTA-COLLO

Caporossi Aldo
Oftalmologia


Module: otorhinolaryngologist
N/D
Module: AUDIOLOGY
N/D

Bibliography

Module: ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL DISEASES
N/D
Module: MAXILLO-FACIAL SURGERY
N/D
Module: DISEASES OF THE VISUAL APPARATUS
N/D
Module: otorhinolaryngologist
N/D
Module: AUDIOLOGY
N/D

Lessons mode

Traditional lectures and seminars with discussion

Frequency

mandatory according to the current University and Degree Course regulations

Exam mode

Oral and/or written exam with multiple choice and open questions

Example exam questions

The movement that guides the clinical assessment of the dysfunctional patient is:
a. Closing the mouth
b. Opening the mouth
c. Opening and closing
d. Not just one movement is assessed, but they must be considered together.

Arguments

Module: ODONTOSTOMATOLOGICAL DISEASES
N/D
Module: MAXILLO-FACIAL SURGERY

  • Emergency and traumatology in maxillo facial surgery
    • Books: Dedicated chapters in text book and papers and other study material given by teaching professor

  • Head and neck surgical oncology (oral cavity, nose and paranasal sinuses, salivary glands, oropharynx, bone and soft tissue sarcomas 
    • Books: Dedicated chapters in text book and papers and other study material given by teaching professor

  • Cranio - maxillofacial malformations (epidemiology, classification and treatment)
    • Books: Dedicated chapters in text book and papers and other study material given by teaching professor

  • reconstructive surgery and microsurgery
    • Books: Dedicated chapters in text book and papers and other study material given by teaching professor

  • Facial nerve surgery
    • Books: Dedicated chapters in text book and papers and other study material given by teaching professor



Module: DISEASES OF THE VISUAL APPARATUS
  • ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND SEMEIOTICS OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM
    • Books: Polimeni A., et al.2019 Edra-MassonManual-sense organs for an integrated approach to head and neck disorders

  • Semiotics and ocular clinical diagnostics

  • PATHOLOGIES of the eyelids, orbit and extrinsic ocular muscles

  • ANTERIOR SEGMENT PATHOLOGIES and appropriate therapies

  • POSTERIOR SEGMENT PATHOLOGIES

  • UVEITIS and CHORIORETINOPATHIES. Related medical therapy

  • OPTIC NERVE PATHOLOGIES AND NOTES ON NEUROPHTHALMOLOGY

  • Ocular hydrodynamics and glaucoma

  • NOTIONS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OCULAR MOTILITY: STRABISMUS

  • Refractive errors

  • Approach to OCULAR SURGERY AND PARASURGERY

  • Main retinal pathologies such as rhegmatogenous degenerations, retinal detachment, retinoblastoma



Module: otorhinolaryngologist
N/D
Module: AUDIOLOGY
N/D

Sustainability goals

  • Goal3
  • Goal4
  • Academic year2026/2027
  • Degree program to which the course belongsMedicine and Surgery "B" - Roma Azienda Policlinico Umberto I
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageita
  • CFU7 CFU, distributed among 5 integrated didactic modules
  • Total duration84 hours