BIOPSY INTERPRETATION GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT MUCOSA (VOL.1) NON-NEOPLASTIC

Description

Gastrointestinal mucosal biopsies are an active part of the pathologists day and have increased in the past few years as endoscopic screening hasbecome more commonplace. Thisnew full-color Second Edition of BiopsyInterpretation of the GastrointestinalTract Mucosa has been expandedinto two concise, comprehensive volumes to offermore complete coverage of both non-neoplastic and neoplastic entities. Like theother books in the Biopsy Interpretation Series, these volumes are practicalreferences for pathologists to use when making diagnostic decisions based onbiopsy specimens.

Volume 1 of thisSecond Edition focuses on interpretation of non-neoplastic gastrointestinalmucosal biopsies. Coverage is geared to daily practice and includes mucosalbiopsies from the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, andanus. A companion website will include all of the 300 print illustrations plusan additional 750 e-figures.

Volume 2 willfocus on neoplastic biopsies and will publish in March 2012.

Features

• A practical guide and bench reference for the interpretation of non-neoplastic gastrointestinal mucosal biopsies

• A quick, convenient , compact reference addressing both common and unusual issues that arise in the day-to-day interpretation of gastrointestinal biopsies

• Part of a complete two-volume set devoted exclusively to gastrointestinal mucosal biopsies, which form the majority of the samples that are reviewed by practicing pathologists and trainees

• Now in full color

• More complete coverage of entities left out of the first edition, which was one volume

• Companion website with over 1,000 illustrations (300 from the book + 750 e-figures) and 50 self-test questions

Author

Elizabeth A Montgomery MD Department of Pathology, Johns HopkinsMedical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Lysandra Voltaggio MD George Washington University Hospital,Washington, DC