2nd Pannonia Congress of Pathology Siófok, Hungary, May, 2012

from till Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:00 13:30 Arrivals, registration

14:00 16:30 Meeting of the The pulmonary pathology working group, Austria 16:30 18:00 Brain Drain of Pathologist from East to West Europe

from till Thursday, 17 May 2012

8:00 13:30 ARRIVALS, REGISTRATION

8:45 10:30 BASICS FOR YOUNG PATHOLOGISTS 1

Hepato-biliary pathology. Session organized by Zsuzsa Schaff, Budapest, Hungary

Zsuzsa Schaff, Budapest, Hungary

Jiří Ehrmann, Olomuc, Czech Republic

Verica Ferlan-Marolt, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Marijana Ćorić, Zagreb, Croatia

10:30 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 12:30 BASICS FOR YOUNG PATHOLOGISTS 2

Pathology of the ovary. Session organized by Jan Laco,Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Ovarian epithelial tumors: a review with emphasis on etiopathogenesis, morphology, immunohistochemistry and differential diagnostics Jan Laco, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Germ cell tumors of the ovary Ildikó Vereczkey, Budapest, Hungary

Petr Skapa, Prague, Czech Republic 12:30 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 13:40 Opening ceremony 13:40 14:10 Keynote Lecture 1

Chairperson: Janina Kulka, Budapest, Hungary

Novelties in uterine pathology Michael Wells, Sheffield, UK

14:10 16:00 THYROID

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ka, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic Nóra Udvarhelyi, Budapest, Hungary

14:10 14:40 Fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid Gabrijela Kocjan, London, UK

14:40 14:55 Follicular neoplasms of the thyroid gland Ulrika Klopčič, Ljubljana, Slovenia 15:00 15:15 Papillary carcinoma Ale

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ka, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

15:20 15:35 Stromal reaction in medullary thyroid carcinoma Oscar Koperek, Vienna, Austria

15:40 15:55 Thyroiditis in the differential diagnosis of primary thyroid lymphoma Božo Krušlin,

Zagreb, Croatia

16:00 17:00 Coffee break

Digital Pathology Satellite Symposium sponsored by 3D HISTECH

1. Digital Pathology & Digital Diagnostics in 2012 - Dr. László Fónyad

2. Next generation Flash - ultra speed scanning using pulse light illumination - Viktor Sebestyén Varga, PhD

3. CaseCenter in digital pathology - László Gerely 17:00 18:00 THYROID (continued)

17:00 17:15 Pitfalls in the thyroid pathology Valdi Pešutić, Split, Croatia

17:20 17:35

_{Molecular classification of thyroid cancer}

József Tímár, Budapest, Hungary

17:40 17:55 Epidemiology of thyroid cancer in Czech population after the Chernobyl accident Vlasta Sýkorová, Prague, Czech Republic

18:00 19:00 POSTERS

Viewing and evaluation

20:00 21:30 Welcome Party

from till Friday, 18 May 2012

8:30 10:00 LYMPH NODE

Chairpersons: Andreas Chott, Vienna, Austria Gábor Méhes, Debrecen, Hungary

8:30 9:00 PCP Special Lecture: Lymphatic spread of breast cancer Dontscho Kerjaschki, Vienna, Austria

9:00 9:15 FNAB of enlarged lymph nodes Eszter Székely, Budapest, Hungary

9:20 9:35 Metastatic lymph node: searching for the primary Zsolt Orosz, Galway, Ireland

9:40 9:55 Soft tissue tumors and tumor-like conditions Slavko Gašparov, Zagreb, Croatia

10:00 10:30 Coffee break

Poster viewing

10:30 12:00 LYMPH NODE (continued)

Chairpersons: Jan Soukup, Prague, Czech Republic András Matolcsy, Budapest, Hungary 10:30 10:45 Sentinel nodes: surgical pathology Gábor Cserni, Kecskemét, Hungary 10:45 11:00 Sentinel nodes: molecular pathology Anna Sapino, Torino, Italy

11:00 11:15 Reactive lesions mimicking malignant lymphomas: cytology Veronika Kloboves Prevodnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia

11:15 11:30 Reactive lesions mimicking malignant lymphomas: histology Andreas Chott, Vienna, Austria

11:30 11:55 Nodal lesions/inclusions mimicking metastatic malignant tumors Thomas Krausz, Chicago, USA Discussion 12:00 13:00 Lunch break 13:00 13:40 KEYNOTE LECTURE 2

Chairperson: József Tímár, Budapest, Hungary

Quality assurance in gastrointestinal molecular pathology Fátima Carneiro, Porto, Portugal

13:40 13:45 Technical break

13:45 15:15 QUALITY CONTROL IN PATHOLOGY

Chairpersons: Sven Seiwerth, Zagreb, Croatia Ilona Kovács, Debrecen, Hungary

13:45 14:00 AUSTRIA Angelika Reiner-Concin, Vienna, Austria

14:00 14:15 CROATIA Sven Seiwerth, Zagreb, Croatia

14:15 14:30 CZECH REPUBLIC Ale

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ka, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

14:30 14:45 HUNGARY Quality assurance in pathology - the Hungarian QualiCont system Tibor Krenács, Budapest, Hungary

14:45 15:00 SLOVAKIA Centralized programs of the biopsy diagnosis of selected oncological diseases in Slovakia Lukáš Plank, Martin, Slovakia

15:00 15:15 SLOVENIA Alenka Repše Fokter, Celje, Slovenia

15:15 15:35 Coffee break 15:35 15:35 15:40 16:00 16:10 16:25 16:35 15:40 16:00 16:15 16:25 16:35

New Perspectives in Her2 Management

DAKO Symposium

Welcome and Introduction - J.Razga & R. Havranek Her2 Assessment in Gastric Cancer - Dr. Nicolas Binder IQ-FISH The Fight Against Time - G. Echezarreta

Demonstration of HER2 gene copy alterations using the high-speed IQFISH test in breast carcinoma - Katalin Hegyi

Discussion and Closing - J.Razga & R.Havranek 16:35 18:40 SELECTED TOPICS IN UTERUS PATHOLOGY

Chairpersons: Snježana Frković Grazio, Ljubljana, Slovenia Monika Francz, Nyíregyháza, Hungary Organized by Sigurd Lax, Graz, Austria

16:35 16:55 Glandular lesions in cervical cytology Margareta Strojan Fležar, Ljubljana, Slovenia

17:00 17:20 Ancillary tests for the diagnosis of cervical neoplasia Dietmar Schmidt, Mannheim, Germany

17:25 17:45 Molecular aspects and diagnostic approach to endometrial precancer Sigurd Lax, Graz, Austria

17:50 18:10 Diagnostic problems in uterine smooth muscle tumors Marina Kos, Zagreb, Croatia

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20:00 23:00 HUNGARIAN SOCIETY'S 80th BIRTHDAY PARTY including

Menarini Award

Announcement of poster awards

Historical slide seminar Janina Kulka, Budapest, Hungary

from till Saturday, 19 May 2012

8:30 10:30

SLIDE SEMINAR 1

Chairpersons: Edina Paál, Washington, DC, USA Judit Csomor, Budapest, Hungary Organized by Slavko Gašparov, Zagreb, Croatia

Jaroslava Dušková, Prague, Czech Republic Izidor Kern, Golnik, Slovenia

Metka Volavšek, Ljubljana, Slovenia László Krenács, Szeged, Hungary Jan Soukup, Prague, Czech Republic Thomas Krausz, Chicago, USA Sigurd Lax, Graz, Austria

Snježana Frković Grazio, Ljubljana, Slovenia 10:30 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 12:30 SLIDE SEMINAR 2: RARE DISEASES, NEW ENTITIES

Organized and chaired by Michal Michal, Plzen, Czech Republic 1 | 2

Ondrej Hes, Plzen, Czech Republic 1 | 2

Dmitry V. Kazakov, Plzen, Czech Republic

Helmut Popper, Graz, Austria

12:30 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 15:00 SLIDE SEMINAR 2: RARE DISEASES, NEW ENTITIES continued

15:00 15:30 Closing