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- 2018
Educational Case: Symptomatic but Unruptured Abdominal Aortic AneurysmKeywords: pathology competencies, organ system pathology, abdominal aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, aneurysm risk factors, unruptured aneurysm, ruptured aneurysm, complications of abdominal aortic aneurysms, classification of aortic dissections 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
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