Educational Case: Pilocytic Astrocytoma With Atypical Features.

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.