基本説明
A practical guide and bench reference for the interpretation of central nervous system biopsies. Highlights the distinguishing histologic features and helpful ancillary testing necessary to make an accurate diagnosis.
Full Description
This is a practical guide and concise reference that can be a companion text for the general surgical pathologist, trainees in pathology and neuropathology, and clinicians who treat patients with neurological diseases that require surgical sampling.
Contents
CONTENTSPreface ........................................................................................................vii1 Benign Cysts and Selected Developmental Anomalies ......................12 Inflammatory and Infectious Lesions................................................103 Astrocytic Neoplasms ........................................................................394 Oligodendrogliomas and Mixed Oligoastrocytomas ........................925 Ependymal Neoplasms ....................................................................1106 Other Gliomas ..................................................................................1257 Neuronal and Mixed Glioneuronal Neoplasms................................1348 Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions ..........................................................1669 Meningeal Lesions............................................................................20010 Embryonal Neoplasms ....................................................................23411 Choroid Plexus Neoplasms..............................................................26112 Tumors of the Pineal Region ..........................................................26913 Cranial and Spinal Nerve Sheath Neoplasms ..................................28014 Vascular Malformations and Other Select Vascular Lesions............29615 Germ Cell Neoplasms ......................................................................30616 Hematolymphoid Neoplasms..........................................................31417 Select Tumors of Indeterminate orMesenchymal Differentiation ..........................................................32818 Metastases........................................................................................34219 General Approach and Differential Diagnosis ................................352Index ........................................................................................................361