Nonmelanocytic tumours of the skin form a large and heterogeneous group of lesions, ranging from common to extremely rare, which often appear to the practising pathologist to blend into one another and are difficult to identify correctly, especially in specimens, which often represent limited biopsies. There may be more different entities in this ......
The pathologist who sees specimens from lesions of the serosal membranes (pleura, pericardium, peritoneum, and tunica vaginalis) is well aware that these cases, whether in the form of fluid cytologies, small biopsies, or major resections, pose differential diagnostic problems that are among the most difficult in anatomic pathology. The main ......
When a specimen representing a tumour or tumour-like lesion of the eye or ocular adnexa is received in most general surgical pathology laboratories, the immediate reaction is one of panic, because these tumours are rarely encountered and often require complex gross dissections based on a knowledge of ocular anatomy that most general surgical ......
Since the publication of the third series in 1994, there has been a revolution in our understanding of the clinical, pathologic, and molecular features of tumours in the kidney, bladder or related urinary structures . Thus, it is fitting that this volume should be the first in the fourth series. In the fourth series in general, and in this ......
Since its inception in the late 1950s, percutaneous kidney biopsy has remained the definitive gold standard for diagnosing medical renal diseases, transitioning the field from autopsy-based analysis to a dynamic, biopsy-driven discipline. This updated atlas provides a comprehensive guide to the multifaceted practice of nephropathology, which ......
Non-Neoplastic Disorders of Bone Marrow is devoted to the evaluation and interpretation of bone marrow and peripheral blood specimens where non-neoplastic disorders can often mimic malignant conditions. Because these processes frequently require the integration of subtle morphologic clues with the clinical context, this practical, ......
The tumors that arise in the adrenals and extra-adrenal paraganglia are not only structurally and hormonally complex, they are also intriguing at the molecular level, where many are recognized as components and harbingers of familial genetic tumor syndromes encompassing a variety of mutations affecting diverse signaling pathways. Building on the ......
The field of infectious diseases has advanced by leaps and bounds. These advances include the emergence and identification of a plethora of new human pathogens, the reclassi?fication and renaming of many existing organisms, a clearer understanding of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, the advent of revolutionary new diagnostic techniques, as ......
