📘 Step 1 — Curriculum Coverage
This section outlines integrated curriculum components covered in this topic. Delete subjects that are not relevant to this topic.
🔹 Pathology
- Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease
• Microscopic findings of Alzheimer’s disease
• Types of Alzheimer’s disease
• Inflammatory processes related to meninges
• Inflammatory processes related to brain parenchyma
• Pathogenic mechanisms of meningitis
• Pathogenic mechanisms of encephalitis
🩺 Clinical Importance
- Alzheimer’s disease as a cause of progressive memory impairment
• Meningitis as inflammation of meninges presenting with headache, fever and neck stiffness
• Encephalitis as inflammation of brain parenchyma presenting with altered consciousness, seizures or focal neurological deficits
