Full Description
100 Rare Tumors of the Digestive System: A Case-Based Reference for Surgical Pathologists provides practicing surgical pathologists, gastroenterologists, oncologists, and surgeons with a comprehensive review on the clinical and pathologic features of rarely encountered neoplasms in the digestive system. The book uses a case-based format to cover typical clinical settings, including clinical history, symptoms, laboratory and radiographic findings, and representative histologic and immunologic pictures. This is the perfect reference for clinicians that would like to know more about updated terminology, histopathologic presentation, potential pathogenesis mechanisms, and treatment strategies for digestive disease entities.
Scientists and researchers can also reference this book to find disease entities of interest, including pathogenesis, immunophenotype, and molecular findings. Multiple choice questioning is provided for readers to decide on the best diagnosis from a list of mimickers.
Contents
Section 1: Rare tumors of the esophagus
Section 2: Rare tumors of the stomach
Section 3: Rare tumors of the small intestine (duodenum to ileum)
Section 4: Rare tumors of the appendix
Section 5: Rare tumors of the large intestine
Section 6: Rare tumors of the anus
Section 7: Rare tumors of the liver
Section 8: Rare tumors of the gallbladder and extrahepatic biliary tree
Section 9: Rare tumors of the pancreas
Section 10: Bonus List
