Quick Reference Handbook for Surgical Pathologists

ISBN-13: 9783319975078 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 211 str.

Justin A. Bishop MD

Opis

Written for pathologists-in-training, this volume provides high-yield, at-a-glance summaries in a format that is easy to use. Rather than focus on organ-based histologic criteria, the text aids pathologic diagnosis, emphasizing immunohistochemistry, tumor syndromes, etc.

Spis treści

Immunostains: Introduction.- Immunostains: Solid Tumors.- Immunostains: Hematopoietic System.- Predictive Markers.- Immunostains: Antibody Index/Solid Tumors.- Immunostains: Antibody Index/Hematopoietuc System.- Special Stains.- Grading (and Classification) Quick Reference: Solid Tumors.- Grading (and Classification) Quick Reference: Hematopoietic System.- Tumor Genetics and Cytogenetics: Solid Tumors.- Tumor Genetics and Cytogenetics: Hematopoietic System.- Tumor Syndromes.- Quick Clinical References for Pathologists.- Potpourri of Quick Morphologic References.- Quick Size References.- It looks like WHAT? An Illustrated Glossary of Histopathologic Descriptors.

O autorze

Natasha Rekhtman, MD, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Department of Pathology

New York, New York

USA

Marina K. Baine, MD, PhD

Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale University School of Medicine

Department of Pathology

New Haven, Connecticut

USA

Justin A. Bishop, MD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Department of Pathology

Dallas, Texas

USA

Blurb

This book contains a compilation of high-yield, at-a-glance summaries in quick reference format for various topics that are frequently encountered by pathologists in the daily practice or on the boards. The focus is not organ-based histologic criteria, but rather everything else that goes into pathologic diagnoses but is difficult to keep committed to memory. The emphasis is on immunohistochemistry, special stains, grading systems, molecular markers, tumor syndromes, and helpful clinical references. Also included are morphologic summaries that encompass high-yield material cutting across all organ systems, such as an illustrated guide for microorganisms, tumor differentials, and an illustrated glossary of pathologic descriptors.

The book has a unique format in that the information is presented primarily in tables and diagrams accompanied by brief and to-the-point explanatory text. The guiding principle was to boil the information down to the essentials but with just enough commentary to be accessible to a newcomer to pathology and to serve as a quick reference to a practicing pathologist.  

In the 7 years since its initial publication, there have been considerable advances in surgical pathology, particularly immunohistochemical stains, molecular diagnostics, and histologic grading schemes.  In the second edition, the content has been thoroughly updated to incorporate these developments, while retaining the overall scope and concise format of the first edition. In addition, the reader will find summaries for many new topics as well as multiple new cartoon illustrations and diagrams.