Free digital access available with every print purchase. See inside the book for more details. The classification and characteristics of tumors and tumor-like lesions of the female lower genital tract have remained relatively constant over the years, though shifts in nomenclature have occurred, and a comprehensive review of the diverse ......
Since the publication of the previous edition of the Tumors of the Central Nervous System there have been impactful discoveries, evolving diagnostic classifications, and rapid technical advances that have significantly reshaped the field. In the spirit of the original series, this atlas keeps diagnostic pathology at the core of the discussion, ......
This comprehensive volume includes chapters on bone growth and development, bone tumor imaging, molecular genetics, and all classes of bone and joint tumors.
One of the goals of the fourth edition of this series is the presentation of new molecular findings which add to our understanding of tumour pathogenesis and may additionally be useful diagnostically. Such information is particularly relevant to the study of bone tumours and tumour-like lesions and, in this volume, the authors have included an ......
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 ......
Free digital access available with every print purchase. See inside the book for more details. How does a pathologist become interested and develop expertise in testicular and paratesticular neoplasms, which are relatively uncommon? The truth is simple-the opportunity to see many cases. The authors of this 5th Series Fascicle have such expertise ......
Offers a concise guide to understanding the placent - a unique organ involving both mother and child during pregnancy. Divided into fourteen chapters and an appendix and with 490 illustrations, it includes the structure and function of the normal placenta and then proceeds to review the major disorders and lesions, which occur as complications of ......
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 ......
The human skin, as the largest organ of the body, is home to numerous neoplastic and non-neoplastic disorders. The vast majority of non-neoplastic skin diseases are inflammatory in nature, while a small subset is non-inflammatory. This book covers 194 non-neoplastic dermatologic conditions, classified by their primary microscopic tissue reaction ......
