Educational Case: Human Papillomavirus-Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Minqian Shen; Deborah J Chute

doi:10.1177/2374289519888724

Educational Case: Human Papillomavirus-Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Acad Pathol. 2019 Nov 21:6:2374289519888724. doi: 10.1177/2374289519888724. eCollection 2019 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Minqian Shen¹, Deborah J Chute¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: HPV; head and neck; head and neck neoplasia; organ system pathology; p16; pathology competencies; squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx.