Full Description
This much praised and widely used reference manual on has been extensively revised and expanded to cover the entire field of anatomic pathology. The Fourth Edition features the incorporation of full-color images in the text with updates of new diagnostic and prognostic information. New classifications and numerous new entities and histologic variants for each organ site will be fully incorporate in each individual chapter (Part II Organ Systems). Useful immunostaining biomarkers and emerging molecular targets and relevant molecular findings that have emerged from recent genomic studies are incorporated in each chapter.
Written by internationally recognized authorities, the comprehensive, evidence-based practice information is presented in an outline format that is clear and easy to follow. Up-to-date and richly detailed, Essentials of Anatomic Pathology, Fourth Edition offers both the pathologist-in-training and the practicing pathologist a concise summary ofall the critical information needed to recognize, understand and interpret anatomic pathology.
Contents
Cytopathology.- Immunohistochemistry for the Surgical Pathologist.- Tumors of Unknown Primary.- Diagnostic Electron Microscopy.- Transplantation Pathology.- Microbiology for the Surgical Pathologist.- Forensic Pathology.- Autopsy.- Biomedical Infomatics for Anatomic Pathology.- Quality Assurance and Regulations for Anatomic Pathology.- Molecular Diagnostic Pathology.- Molecular Pathology of Solid Tumors.- Human Genetic Disorders.- Neuropathology.- Lymph Node.- Spleen.- Bone Marrow.- Neoplasms of the Skin and Immunodermatology.- Non-Neoplastic Skin Diseases.- Endocrine Pathology.- Bone and Joints.- Soft Tissue Tumors.- Tumors of the Salivary Glands.- Head and Neck.- Eye and Ocular Adnexae.- Mediastinum and Thymus.- Cardiovascular Pathology.- Lung and Pleura.- Breast.- Vulva and Vagina.- Uterus and Fallopian Tube.- Ovary and Peritoneum.- Placenta and Gestational Trophoblastic Disease.- Non-Neoplastic Renal Diseases.- Tumors of the Kidney.- Urinary Bladder.- Renal Pelvis, Ureter, and Urethra.- Prostate.- Testis and Testicular Adnexa.- Penis.- Esophagus and Stomach.- Small Intestine, Appendix, Colorectum, and Anus .- Pancreas.- Neoplastic Hepatobiliary Disease.- Neoplasms of the Liver and Biliary System.
