PRE-CONGRESS EVENTS 7th EXAMINATION OF THE EUROPEAN BOARD OF PATHOLOGY Chairperson: J.G. van den Tweel (Utrecht, The Netherlands) Date: Saturday, September 6, 2003, 09.00-17.30 Venue: Faculty of Medicine University of Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, Ljubljana HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY PRE-CONGRESS MEETING (HN-PC) Joint Meeting of the WG on Head and Neck Pathology of the European Society of Pathology (ESP) and the North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Date: September 4-6, 2003 Venue: Faculty of Medicine University of Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, Ljubljana Thursday, September 4, 2003  14.00-19.00 REGISTRATION  19.00 Welcome reception  Friday, September 5, 2003 07.30-08.00 REGISTRATION 08.00-08.30 Welcome address  Friday, September 5, 2003 08.30-10.30 SINONASAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: L. Barnes (Pittsburgh, USA), A. Cardesa (Barcelona, Spain) 08.30-09.00 EPITHELIAL TUMOURS OF THE SINONASAL TRACT A. Cardesa (Barcelona, Spain) 09.00-09.30 NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOURS OF THE NASAL CAVITY AND PARANASAL SINUSES: A SLECTED REVIEW L. Barnes, L. L.Y. Tse (Pittsburgh, USA) 09.30-10.00 SINONASAL AND WALDEYER'S RING LYMPHOMAS S.B. Kapadia (Hershey, USA) 10.00-10.30 TUMOURS OF THE NASOPHARYNX S. Regauer (Graz, Austria) 10.30-11.00 Break Friday, September 5, 2003 11.00-13.00 LARYNGEAL PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: B.M. Wenig (New York, USA), N. Gale (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 11.00-11.30 LARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESIONS: THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF THE LJUBLJANA CLASSIFICATION N. Gale, N. Zidar, M. Poljak (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 11.30-12.00 VARIANTS OF LARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMAS A. Cardesa (Barcelona, Spain) 12.00-12.30 NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS OF THE LARYNX B.M. Wenig (New York, USA) 12.30-13.00 NONEPITHELIAL MALIGNANCIES OF THE LARYNX M.S. Brandwein (New York, USA) 13.00-14.30 Break   Friday, September 5, 2003 14.30-16.30 SALIVARY GLAND PATHOLOGY I Chairpersons: D.R. Gnepp (Providence, USA), R. Simpson (Devon, UK) 14.30-15.00 TUMOUR-LIKE LESIONS OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS D.R. Gnepp (Providence, USA) 15.00-15.30 UNUSUAL METAPLASTIC CHANGES IN TUMOURS OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS D.R. Gnepp (Providence, USA) 15.30-16.00 MYOEPITHELIAL TUMOURS OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS R. Simpson (Devon, UK), S. di Palma (Portsmouth, UK) 16.00-16.30 MALIGNANCY IN PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA (MALIGNANT MIXED TUMOUR) OF SALIVARY GLANDS S. di Palma (Portsmouth, UK) 16.30-17.00 Break Friday, September 5, 2003 17.00-19.00 SALIVARY GLAND PATHOLOGY II Chairpersons: M. Luna (Houston, USA), A. Skálová (Plzen, Czech Republic) 17.00-17.30 SALIVARY MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA: REVISITED M. Luna (Houston, USA) 17.30-18.00 ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA, POLYMORPHOUS LOW GRADE ADENOCARCINOMA AND BASALOID NEOPLASMS B. Perez-Ordorez (Toronto, Canada) 18.00-18.30 CLEAR CELL TUMOURS OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS I. Fonseca (Lisbon, Portugal) 18.30-19.00 SALIVARY DUCT CARCINOMA A. Skálová (Plzen, Czech Republic)   Saturday, September 6, 2003 08.00-10.00 ORAL PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: S. Müller (Atlanta, USA), P.J. Slootweg (Utrecht, The Netherlands) 08.00-08.30 SURFACE EPITHELIAL TUMOURS J. Eveson (Bristol, UK) 08.30-09.00 ODONTOGENIC CYSTS S. D. Budnick (Atlanta, USA) 09.00-09.30 SOLID ODONTOGENIC TUMOURS P.J. Slootweg (Utrecht, The Netherlands) 09.30-10.00 INFLAMMATORY LESIONS OF THE ORAL CAVITY S. Müller (Atlanta, USA) 10.00-10.30 Break Saturday, September 6, 2003 10.30-12.30 BONE AND SOFT TISSUE HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY Chairpersons: A.G. Huvos (New York, USA), M. Michal (Plzen, Czech Republic) 10.30-11.00 BENIGN BONE TUMOURS AND PSEUDOTUMOURS OF THE MAXILLOFACIAL REGION P.J. Slootweg (Utrecht, The Netherlands) 11.00-11.30 MALIGNANT BONE FORMING TUMOURS OF THE CRANIOFACIAL SKELETON A.G. Huvos (New York, USA) 11.30-12.00 NEOPLASMS OF THE MIDDLE EAR AND TEMPORAL BONE B.M. Wenig (New York, USA) 12.00-12.30 SOFT TISSUE OF THE HEAD AND NECK – FIBROBLASTIC AND MYOFIBROBLASTIC LESIONS M. Michal (Plzen, Czech Republic) 12.30-14.00 Break Saturday, September 6, 2003 14.00-17.00 SLIDE SEMINAR Chairpersons: L.D.R. Thompson (Woodland Hills, USA), M. Pfaltz (Zürich, Switzerland) B.M. Wenig (New York, USA) M. Volavšek (Ljubljana, Slovenia) S.B. Kapadia (Hershey, USA) D.R. Gnepp (Providence, USA) L.D.R. Thompson (Woodland Hills, USA) M. Pfaltz (Zürich, Switzerland) J. Eveson (Bristol, UK) L. Barnes (Pittsburgh, USA) S. Manojlovic (Zagreb, Croatia) E. Maiorano (Bari, Italy)   NEPHROPATHOLOGY PRE-CONGRESS MEETING "Advances in Nephropathology" (N-PC) Prepared by Nephropathology Group Date: September 6, 2003, 08.30 - 17.00 Venue: Faculty of Medicine University of Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, Ljubljana Saturday, September 6, 2003 08.30 - 10.00 VIRAL INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY Chairpersons: S.V. Seshan, (New York, USA), S.R. Zaki (Atlanta, USA) 08.30-08.40 WELCOME ADDRESS D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 08.40-09.00 VIRAL INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY - AN OVERVIEW V. Nickeleit (Chapel Hill, USA) 09.00-09.20 HANTAVIRUSES AND PATHOGENESIS OF HANTAVIRUS DISEASE S.R. Zaki (Atlanta, USA) 09.20-09.30 HANTAVIRUS INFECTION IN SLOVENIA T. Avšič Zupanc (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 09.30-09.50 PATHOLOGY OF KIDNEY IN DOBRAVA AND PUUMALA HANTAVIRUS INFECTION D. Ferluga (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 09.50-10.00 PATHOLOGY OF HANTAVIRUS NEPHROPATHY - EXPERIENCE FROM BALKAN J. Dimitrijevic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) 10.00 - 10.30  Break  Saturday, September 6, 2003 10.30 - 12.35  RENAL DISEASES OF DIFFERENT PATHOGENESIS Chairpersons: D. Kerjaschki (Vienna, Austria), M.J. Mihatsch (Basel, Switzerland) 10.30-10.50 THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHIES D. Droz (Paris, France) 10.50-11.00 CYCLOSPORINE-ASSOCIATED HUS - CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC CORRELATIONS AND FOLLOW-UP A.F. Bren (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 11.00-11.10 ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS B. Rozman (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 11.10-11.30 EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF ANCA GLOMERULONEPHRITIS AND VASCULITIS J.C. Jennette (Chapel Hill, USA) 11.30-11.40 CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ANCA AND ANTI-GBM ANTIBODIES J. Lindič (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 11.40-12.00 PODOCYTE DAMAGE AND GLOMERULAR PERMEABILITY D. Kerjaschki (Vienna, Austria) 12.00-12.15  RENAL PATHOLOGY IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS (DM): A NEGLECTED TOPIC OF GREAT CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE G. Monga, G. Mazzucco, T. Bertani (Navara, Turin, Italy) 12.15-12.35 RENAL BIOPSY EXAMINATION - NEWER TECHNIQUES T. Faraggiana (Rome, Italy) 12.35-14.00 Break Saturday, September 6, 2003 14.00 - 15.05 HEREDITARY DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY Chairpersons: M.C. Gubler (Paris, France), G. Mazzucco (Turin, Italy) 14.00-14.20 NEW GLOMERULAR DISEASE ENTITIES M.J. Mihatsch (Basel, Switzerland) 14.20-14.40 ALPORT SYNDROME AND BENIGN FAMILIAL HEMATURIA : TYPE IV COLLAGEN DISEASES M.C. Gubler (Paris, France) 14.40-14.50 GENETIC STUDIES OF ALPORT SYNDROME AND BENIGN FAMILIAL HAEMATURIA IN SLOVENIA D. Glavač (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 14.50-15.05 HEREDITARY PROTEINURIA/ NEPHROTIC SYNDROME (NS) M.C. Gubler (Paris, France) 15.05 - 15.15 Break Saturday, September 6, 2003 15.15 - 17.00 RENAL DISEASES WITH IMMUNE AND NON-IMMUNE DEPOSITS Chairpersons: J.C. Jennette (Chapel Hill, USA), G. Gallo (New York, USA) 15.15-15.35 FIBRILLARY GLOMERULOPATHIES S.V. Seshan (New York, USA) 15.35-15.50 RENAL INVOLVEMENT IN MIXED CRYOGLOBULINEMIA F. Ferrario (Milano, Italy) 15.50-16.05 RENAL AMYLOIDOSIS G. Gallo (New York, USA) 16.05-16.15 CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF RENAL MONOCLONAL Ig DEPOSITION DISEASE S. Kaplan-Pavlovčič (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 16.15-16.30 HEAVY CHAIN AND LIGHT AND HEAVY CHAIN MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITS IN KIDNEY A. Vizjak (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 16.30-16.45 RENAL LESIONS IN LYMPHOMAS/LEUKEMIAS S.V. Seshan (New York, USA) 16.45-16.55 MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTERSTITIAL FIBROSIS IN END-STAGE KIDNEYS OF VARIOUS ETIOLOGIES J-P. Cosyns, D. Vukelić, S. Čeović, R.M. Goebbels, D. Ferluga  (Brussels, Belgium; Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Ljubljana, Slovenia) 16.55-17.00 CLOSING REMARKS A. Vizjak (Ljubljana, Slovenia) PULMONARY PATHOLOGY PRE-CONGRESS MEETING (P-PC) Date: September 6, 2003 Venue: Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, Kosovel Hall, Prešernova 10, Ljubljana Saturday, September 6, 2003 08.00-10.00 PRENEOPLASTIC LUNG LESIONS Chairpersons: F. Capron (Paris, France), M. Praet (Ghent, Belgium) 08.00-08.25 SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA AND DYSPLASIA – LESIONS ASSOCIATED TO BRONCHIAL CARCINOMAS? K. Kayser (Heidelberg, Germany) 08.25-08.50 THE PRENEOPLASIA – ADENOCARCINOMA SEQUENCE H.H. Popper (Graz, Austria) 08.50-09.15 NEUROENDOCRINE CELL HYPERPLASIA, TUMOURLETS AND NEUROENDOCRINE LUNG TUMOURS E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France) 09.15-09.40 IS IT A LYMPHOMA? R. Attanoos (Cardiff, UK) 09.40-10.00 PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TUMOUR AND SERUM MARKERS IN PULMONARY CARCINOMA J. Slodkowska (Warsaw, Poland) 10.00-10.30 Break Saturday, September 6, 2003 10.30-12.30 THE EXPERIENCE OF THE EU-STUDY GROUP ON RARE PULMONARY DISEASES Chairpersons: K. Kayser (Heidelberg, Germany), I. Kern (Golnik, Slovenia) 10.30-10.35 INTRODUCTION: THE EU-GROUP ON RARE PULMONARY DISEASES H.H. Popper (Graz, Austria) 10.35-10.45 INTRODUCTION INTO THE PROBLEMS OF THE TUMOUR SUBGROUP F. Galateau-Salle (Caen, France) 10.45-11.05 BENIGN EPITHELIAL TUMOURS OF THE LUNG G. Krag Jacobsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) 11.05-11.25 FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMOURS OF LUNG AND PLEURA B. Murer (Venice, Italy) 11.25-11.45 VASCULAR TUMOURS OF LUNG AND PLEURA F. Gallateau-Sale (Caen, France) 11.45-12.05 VASCULAR LESIONS, EXPERIENCE OF THE EU-STUDY GROUP ON RARE PULMONARY DISEASES F. Capron (Paris, France) 12.05-12.25 CONGENITAL LUNG LESIONS, THE EXPERIENCE OF THE EU-STUDY GROUP ON RARE PULMONARY DISEASES M. Sheppard (London, UK) 12.25-12.30 CONCLUDING REMARKS H.H. Popper (Graz, Austria) 12.30-14.00 Break Saturday, September 6, 2003 14.00-16.30  PROBLEMS IN TUMOUR DIAGNOSIS Chairperson: L. Boccon-Gibod (Paris, France) 14.00-14.20 PLEOMORPHIC CARCINOMA, CARCINOSARCOMA AND BLASTOMA B. Corrin (London, UK) 14.20-14.40 LUNG AND PLEURA TUMOURS IN CHILDHOOD L. Boccon-Gibod (Paris, France) 14.40-15.00 UNUSUAL TUMOURS OF THE BRONCHIAL TREE B. Papla (Cracow, Poland) RARE PLEURA TUMOURS M. Praet (Ghent, Belgium) 15.00-15.20 THE ROLE OF CYTOLOGY IN TUMOUR DIAGNOSIS, WHEN AND WHAT? F. Thivolet Bejui (Lyon, France) 15.20-15.30 Break 15.30-16.00 GENERAL DISCUSSION 16.00-16.30 PERSPECTIVES OF THE WORKING GROUP, PREPARATION FOR THE PARIS MEETING, RARE LUNG DISEASES PROJECT