Full Description
Featuring over 250 full-color images, this text is a detailed and thoroughly illustrated guide to interpretation of transbronchial and endobronchial biopsies. The book presents a consistent, well-organized approach to each biopsy diagnosis: differential diagnosis includes low-power figure overview, high-power figure from the same diagnosis, followed by artifacts, pitfalls, and special clues to the correct diagnosis.A companion Websitewill offer the fully searchable text and an image bank.
Contents
Overview of Transbronchial and Endobronchial BiopsiesArtifacts and Non-Specific ChangesNon-Small Cell CarcinomasNeuroendocrine TumorsMetastatic CancersPreInvasive LesionsHematolymphoid MalignanciesBenign NeoplasmsVirusesBacterial PneumoniaMycoplasma PneumoniaPneumocystis jiroveciMycobacteriaFungusOther InfectionsDiffuse Alveolar DamagePulmonary EdemaOrganizing PneumoniaAcute Fibrinous and Organizing PneumoniaAspiration PneumoniaIntra-alveolar HemorrhageEosinophilic PneumoniaLipid PneumoniaPulmonary Alveolar ProteinosisSarcoidosisHypersensitivity PneumonitisCollagen Vascular DiseasesDrug ReactionsInflammatory Bowel DiseasePneumoconiosesIdiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasLymphangioleiomyomatosisIntravenous Drug AbuseLangerhans' Cell HistiocytosisAcute Transplant RejectionOther Transplant Associated PathologyNon-Neoplastic Large Airways PathologyRole of Transbronchial and Endobronchial Biopsies in ChildrenBronchial Masses in the Pediatric PopulationTracheobronchial Biopsy for Primary Ciliary DyskinesiaLegal Aspects of Endobronchial and Transbronchial BiopsyIndex
