Medicolegal Neuropathology: A Color Atlas

ISBN-13: 9780849313615 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 280 str.

Evan W. Matshes; David Dolinak

Opis

Medicolegal Neuropathology: A Color Atlas uniquely demonstrates and explains many neuropathologic findings in a way that will aid investigators of sudden and unexpected death integrate their own findings into the total case context. With helpful tips and reminders, as well as over 500 bold, colorful photographs, this well-organized resource helps you quickly recognize, document, and understand the diverse realm of neuropathological findings waiting to be discovered at autopsy.
Organized in a case-oriented format, Medicolegal Neuropathology: A Color Atlas shows you:

Many large external and internal color photographs

Proper methods of documenting and interpreting pathologic findings

Methods of performing specialized autopsy procedures

Techniques for proper sampling and preparation of tissues for microscopic examination

Important traumatic and nontraumatic findings and their significance

A refresher course on normal anatomical structures

Recenzje

"It is a great contribution and shall achieve a dominant position in the forensic pathology literature. Nothing like it has ever been done. I urge that the publisher agrees to keep it in print in perpetuity."

- Dr. Joseph H. Davis, M.D., (Retired) Chief Medical Examiner, Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department

"… invaluable for both teaching and reference by practicing forensic pathologists and neuropathologists and their trainees. The illustrations are of very high quality, and the relevant forensic topics, including traumatic and natural disease, are covered comprehensively."

-Charles L. White, III, M.D.
John H. Childers Professor of Pathology
Director, Neuropathology Laboratory
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas

Spis treści

Scalp Injury. Skull Fracture. Epidural Hemorrhage. Subdural Hemorrhage. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Cerebral Contusion. Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury. Increased Intracranial Pressure and Its Sequelae. Firearm Injury. Persistent Vegetative State
Epilepsy. Cerebral Ischemia/Infarct. Hypertensive and Drug-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Pediatrics - General. Pediatrics - Trauma. Spinal Cord Injury. Artifact and Decomposition. Infection. Neoplasm. Neurodegenerative Disease. Miscellaneous. Special Stains, Techniques, etc. Normal Human Neuroanatomy. Index.

O autorze

David Dolinak, Evan W. Matshes