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 ......
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 ......
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 ......
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 ......
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, ......
The publication of this edition marks the transition in diagnosis of lower genital tract lesions from a largely morphologic activity to one based upon integrated assessment using microscopy and molecular biology. Furthermore, the ability to integrate these diagnostic approaches with clinical data for patient management has been heightened. The ......
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 Tumors of the Esophagus and Stomach, great advances in many areas of tumor biology have led to a better understanding of the pathogenesis, pathology, and molecular biology of epithelial and stromal malignancies of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Many of these advances have led to specific ......
